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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

SOC 17-3026 · 2024-2034

Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.

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

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$81,283per year
Projected openings
5,290
Projected change
+7%
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. Complex Problem Solving
  5. Monitoring
  6. Speaking

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$87,299260
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$86,337390
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$82,416680
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$81,342580
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$79,226690
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$76,340210
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$72,97150
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$68,061420
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$63,17130

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$52,006
A quarter earn under
$64,034
Half earn under
$81,283
Three quarters earn under
$99,160
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$108,361

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
Industrial Engineers$128,08824,010+11.9%
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$89,8363,330+5.4%
Calibration Technologists and Technicians$81,2221,0700%
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians$88,50011,520-2.9%
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$101,7711,580+12.5%
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians$83,8331,700+5.3%

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