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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians pay in New Mexico and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians is $119,320 per year in New Mexico. It is $74,880 per year in Virginia. New Mexico is 59.3% above Virginia 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 670 wage and salary jobs in New Mexico and 570 in Virginia. 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