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Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Louisiana and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $102,800 per year in Louisiana. It is $81,600 per year in Rhode Island. Louisiana is 26.0% above Rhode Island 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 270 wage and salary jobs in Louisiana and 30 in Rhode Island. 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