The median annual wage for mechanical engineering technicians was $53,910 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $33,830, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $81,010.

In May 2015, the median annual wages for mechanical engineering technicians in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Most mechanical engineering technicians work full time.