How much do Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

Percentile spread

For Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $63,110 and the 90th percentile is $130,480. The difference is $67,370, which is 71.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $77,500 to the 75th at $107,210, covers $29,710.

The mean annual wage is $91,980, which sits below the median of $94,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Providence-Warwick, RI-MA median is 20.7% higher than the national median of $78,350 for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,922, which is 18.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Rhode Island median of $94,570.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Rhode Island, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 101.773, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $94,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other at $92,922 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 2nd of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Worcester, MA is 54 miles away, with a median of $63,270 and employment of 240. That median is 33.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,713, against $92,922 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58 miles away, with a median of $72,710 and employment of 690. That median is 23.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,159, against $92,922 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 65 miles away, with a median of $79,260 and employment of 270. That median is 16.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,142, against $92,922 here.

Employment share

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (430 of 714,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (59,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.