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Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other pay in Portland-South Portland, ME and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other is $108,850 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. It is $84,670 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Portland-South Portland, ME is 28.6% above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3029 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 750 wage and salary jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME and 590 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.