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Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Kennewick-Richland, WA and Stockton-Lodi, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $126,230 per year in Kennewick-Richland, WA. It is $58,470 per year in Stockton-Lodi, CA. Kennewick-Richland, WA is 115.9% above Stockton-Lodi, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3027 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA and 30 in Stockton-Lodi, 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings