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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment is $67,050 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $122,860 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 45.4% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2094 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 860 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 600 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.