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Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other pay in Portland-South Portland, ME and Urban Honolulu, HI
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 $92,620 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. Portland-South Portland, ME is 17.5% above Urban Honolulu, HI 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 390 in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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