Job Numbers and Growth
Electronic techs nationally number 170,000. The unemployment level for workers is low, compared to other occupations. About 3% of employees were unemployed recently.
Area Job Conditions
Electronic techs are relatively common in Framingham (Massachusetts), Lowell (Massachusetts), and Cedar Rapids (Iowa). They are rarer in Omaha (Nebraska), Salinas (California), and Visalia (California).
Workers are paid highest in Salinas (California), Anchorage (Alaska), and Bremerton (Washington), and lowest in New Bedford (Massachusetts), Olympia (Washington), and Fayetteville (Arkansas).
Training and Education
Employees are generally expected to have an associate degree. About 18% of electronic techs hold a bachelor's degree or better. Currently 54% of workers have some college education, though not a degree. About 27% of employees were able to get their jobs with a high-school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
About 6% of electronic techs work less than full-time. In 1% of the cases, workers work for themselves.
Electronic Techs by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)
In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.
Alabama
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Birmingham $51,000 310 -53% Huntsville $47,000 800 +213% Mobile $55,000 100 -55% Montgomery $49,000 100 -52%
Alaska
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Anchorage $77,000 220 +12%
Arizona
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Phoenix $51,000 4,630 +94% Tucson $52,000 430 -7% Yuma $52,000 240 +251%
Arkansas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Fayetteville $30,000 280 +15% Fort Smith $45,000 70 -50% Jonesboro $42,000 40 -27% Little Rock $49,000 540 +27%
California
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bakersfield $73,000 570 +72% Fresno $58,000 180 -57% Oakland $57,000 1,490 +13% Oxnard $65,000 710 +91% Redding $63,000 60 -21% Riverside $59,000 1,100 -33% Sacramento $55,000 460 -59% Salinas $82,000 40 -79% San Diego $58,000 2,600 +52% San Francisco $70,000 1,060 -17% San Jose $60,000 4,060 +245% San Luis Obispo $48,000 70 -40% Santa Ana $54,000 2,100 +7% Santa Barbara $53,000 320 +56% Santa Cruz $63,000 50 -51% Santa Rosa $60,000 180 -20% Stockton $64,000 220 -16% Visalia $54,000 30 -81%
Colorado
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Boulder $58,000 480 +145% Colorado Springs $51,000 740 +137% Denver $57,000 1,120 -30% Fort Collins $65,000 150 +4% Greeley $48,000 90 +4%
Connecticut
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bridgeport $53,000 390 -29% Danbury $48,000 170 +109% Hartford $54,000 600 -18% New Haven $52,000 410 +18% Norwich $70,000 430 +189%
Delaware
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Wilmington $50,000 660 +60%
District of Columbia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Washington $59,000 3,130 +6%
Florida
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Deltona $41,000 150 -20% Fort Lauderdale $52,000 870 -7% Fort Walton Beach $50,000 450 +416% Gainesville $46,000 50 -63% Jacksonville $55,000 820 +7% Lakeland $51,000 150 -37% Miami $49,000 650 -49% Ocala $46,000 230 +107% Orlando $52,000 1,360 +2% Palm Bay $49,000 1,330 +452% Panama City $52,000 140 +78% Pensacola $51,000 370 +105% Port St Lucie $47,000 70 -54% Sarasota $52,000 130 -60% Tallahassee $63,000 130 -34% Tampa $42,000 1,580 +2% West Palm Beach $57,000 1,020 +50%
Georgia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albany $61,000 40 -42% Atlanta $54,000 2,930 -3% Augusta $58,000 190 -25% Macon $58,000 40 -66% Rome $59,000 30 -23% Savannah $49,000 80 -56% Warner Robins $57,000 270 +390%
Hawaii
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Honolulu $62,000 400 -27%
Idaho
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Boise $67,000 1,300 +289% Coeur Dalene $58,000 50 -18% Pocatello $57,000 40 +26%
Illinois
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Champaign $52,000 60 -45% Chicago $57,000 3,150 -36% Decatur $45,000 60 +16% Peoria $54,000 120 -42% Rockford $57,000 100 -46% Springfield $61,000 100 -18%
Indiana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bloomington $41,000 210 +168% Evansville $50,000 140 -34% Fort Wayne $52,000 190 -27% Gary $58,000 180 -48% Indianapolis $53,000 800 -30% Michigan City $41,000 90 +92% South Bend $52,000 120 -27% Terre Haute $48,000 40 -50%
Iowa
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Ames $51,000 50 +22% Cedar Rapids $52,000 950 +487% Davenport $48,000 120 -47% Des Moines $53,000 180 -56% Sioux City $54,000 30 -63% Waterloo $50,000 40 -60%
Kansas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Topeka $54,000 60 -54% Wichita $51,000 510 +33%
Kentucky
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bowling Green $51,000 50 -22% Lexington $53,000 110 -63% Louisville $51,000 410 -48% Owensboro $46,000 50 -6%
Louisiana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Alexandria $48,000 40 -41% Baton Rouge $53,000 850 +84% Houma $54,000 40 -64% Lafayette $45,000 200 +14% Lake Charles $53,000 110 +9% New Orleans $52,000 600 -7% Shreveport $55,000 90 -58%
Maine
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bangor $55,000 60 -17% Portland $48,000 240 -4%
Maryland
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Baltimore $58,000 1,720 +3% Bethesda $59,000 990 +36% Hagerstown $56,000 140 +20% Salisbury $37,000 110 +88%
Massachusetts
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Barnstable Town $52,000 120 +1% Boston $60,000 3,660 +66% Brockton $51,000 50 -52% Framingham $53,000 1,450 +634% Haverhill $55,000 80 -10% Lawrence $46,000 100 +56% Leominster $51,000 30 -46% Lowell $48,000 960 +563% New Bedford $34,000 70 -5% Springfield $51,000 380 +1% Worcester $55,000 430 +40%
Michigan
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Ann Arbor $43,000 90 -55% Detroit $51,000 1,170 +30% Flint $50,000 70 -58% Grand Rapids $49,000 620 +30% Holland $47,000 350 +192% Jackson $57,000 220 +281% Lansing $51,000 100 -58% Muskegon $47,000 70 +3% Niles $49,000 60 -15% Saginaw $53,000 130 +48% Warren $47,000 1,270 -14%
Minnesota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Duluth $55,000 190 +25% Minneapolis $54,000 2,220 -3% Rochester $47,000 90 -17% St Cloud $51,000 90 -25%
Mississippi
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Gulfport $56,000 160 +24% Jackson $49,000 260 -18%
Missouri
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Columbia $51,000 50 -47% Joplin $50,000 30 -68% Kansas City $56,000 1,370 +4% Springfield $53,000 130 -46% St Louis $52,000 880 -49%
Montana
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Billings $58,000 80 -15%
Nebraska
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Lincoln $45,000 180 -9% Omaha $52,000 130 -78%
Nevada
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Carson City $59,000 40 +42% Las Vegas $58,000 940 -20% Reno $49,000 180 -30%
New Hampshire
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Manchester $48,000 180 +45% Nashua $52,000 470 +182% Portsmouth $60,000 80 +26% Rochester $46,000 70 +10%
New Jersey
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Camden $52,000 280 -58% Edison $57,000 1,050 -20% Newark $51,000 1,180 -8% Trenton $57,000 250 -6%
New Mexico
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albuquerque $60,000 1,690 +244% Las Cruces $52,000 300 +333%
New York
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Albany $55,000 440 -20% Binghamton $43,000 220 +75% Buffalo $45,000 510 -25% Elmira $53,000 100 +166% Glens Falls $47,000 40 -32% Ithaca $43,000 150 +225% Nassau $59,000 1,670 +4% New York $61,000 3,420 -48% Poughkeepsie $52,000 220 -26% Rochester $45,000 820 +29% Syracuse $55,000 510 +32% Utica $50,000 140 -8%
North Carolina
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Asheville $49,000 70 -68% Charlotte $55,000 690 -39% Durham $44,000 520 +53% Fayetteville $52,000 110 -25% Greensboro $51,000 440 -6% Hickory $52,000 100 -49% Raleigh $46,000 600 -7% Rocky Mount $46,000 70 +7% Winston Salem $52,000 150 -44%
Ohio
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Akron $47,000 380 -10% Canton $50,000 80 -62% Cincinnati $53,000 870 -34% Cleveland $51,000 730 -46% Columbus $49,000 950 -20% Dayton $51,000 480 -2% Mansfield $56,000 40 -31% Toledo $53,000 140 -64% Youngstown $49,000 110 -62%
Oklahoma
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Oklahoma City $62,000 1,110 +55% Tulsa $46,000 480 -13%
Oregon
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bend $51,000 60 -23% Corvallis $54,000 60 +84% Eugene $56,000 60 -67% Medford $57,000 100 +2% Portland $54,000 2,400 +81% Salem $57,000 80 -56%
Pennsylvania
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Allentown $51,000 380 -10% Altoona $43,000 40 -40% Harrisburg $43,000 330 -17% Johnstown $52,000 80 +27% Lancaster $50,000 130 -55% Philadelphia $53,000 2,590 +7% Pittsburgh $52,000 1,700 +17% Reading $43,000 150 -25% Scranton $54,000 210 -34% State College $45,000 80 +27% Williamsport $41,000 70 +25% York $46,000 200 -9%
Rhode Island
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Providence $54,000 790 +10%
South Carolina
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Charleston $61,000 830 +128% Columbia $48,000 380 -14% Florence $52,000 40 -59% Greenville $57,000 550 +44% Spartanburg $49,000 130 -11%
South Dakota
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Sioux Falls $43,000 80 -52%
Tennessee
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Chattanooga $49,000 150 -48% Clarksville $54,000 50 -42% Jackson $45,000 40 -38% Johnson City $46,000 90 +5% Kingsport $39,000 110 -19% Knoxville $45,000 360 -14% Memphis $44,000 350 -56% Nashville $56,000 660 -32%
Texas
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Amarillo $55,000 120 +2% Austin $44,000 2,180 +125% Beaumont $60,000 200 +5% Brownsville $56,000 70 -53% College Station $48,000 60 -33% Corpus Christi $61,000 250 +16% Dallas $58,000 4,610 +71% El Paso $49,000 260 -21% Fort Worth $60,000 2,050 +86% Houston $54,000 4,030 +22% Longview $46,000 80 -27% Lubbock $51,000 70 -52% Mcallen $51,000 60 -78% Midland $53,000 120 +60% San Antonio $54,000 460 -57% Texarkana $46,000 50 -17% Tyler $52,000 60 -43% Victoria $50,000 50 -2% Waco $55,000 60 -47% Wichita Falls $56,000 60 -7%
Utah
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Logan $38,000 200 +298% Ogden $59,000 270 +10% Provo $46,000 190 -6% Salt Lake City $45,000 1,000 +26%
Vermont
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Burlington $47,000 90 -31%
Virginia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Blacksburg $51,000 110 +60% Charlottesville $45,000 160 +47% Lynchburg $45,000 140 +19% Richmond $53,000 790 +4% Roanoke $57,000 160 -16% Virginia Beach $61,000 1,530 +59%
Washington
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Bremerton $74,000 210 +119% Kennewick $66,000 160 +53% Olympia $32,000 30 -73% Seattle $54,000 1,170 -36% Spokane $51,000 270 +5% Tacoma $51,000 390 +16%
West Virginia
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Charleston $45,000 130 -26% Huntington $53,000 50 -63% Morgantown $52,000 90 +77%
Wisconsin
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Appleton $51,000 210 +55% Eau Claire $40,000 140 +59% Janesville $42,000 40 -46% La Crosse $45,000 190 +143% Madison $47,000 290 -31% Milwaukee $48,000 1,480 +37% Oshkosh $44,000 180 +84% Racine $50,000 110 +24%
Wyoming
City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density Cheyenne $56,000 40 -15%
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