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Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians

SOC 17-3023 · 2024-2034

Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

Shrinking -2.9%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$88,500per year
Projected openings
11,520
Projected change
-2.9%
Usually needs
Associate's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Active Listening
  4. Repairing
  5. Troubleshooting
  6. Complex Problem Solving

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$103,848530
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$101,208530
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$95,108950
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$95,104380
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$91,3472,670
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$86,827110
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$86,38650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$85,5331,670
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$85,46110
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$85,36910
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$84,9892,230
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$83,592600
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$82,277380
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$80,188810
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$72,14940

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$61,258
A quarter earn under
$75,609
Half earn under
$88,500
Three quarters earn under
$115,341
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$142,274

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Calibration Technologists and Technicians$81,2221,0700%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$165,01311,330+0.5%
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$89,8363,330+5.4%
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians$83,8331,700+5.3%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$89,5425,030+5.1%
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$101,7711,580+12.5%

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