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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians pay in Illinois and New Mexico
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians is $79,400 per year in Illinois. It is $119,320 per year in New Mexico. Illinois is 33.5% below New Mexico on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3024 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 250 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and 670 in New Mexico. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings