SOC 17-3029 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025
How much do Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other make in Rochester, NY?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Rochester, NY is $60,410. The 10th percentile is $37,690 and the 90th percentile is $86,830. Employment is 190.
Median annual wage
$60,410
- 10th percentile
- $37,690
- 25th percentile
- $37,690
- Median
- $60,410
- 75th percentile
- $73,850
- 90th percentile
- $86,830
- Mean
- $59,400
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $37,690 and the 90th percentile is $86,830. The difference is $49,140, which is 81.3% 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 $37,690 to the 75th at $73,850, covers $36,160.
The mean annual wage is $59,400, which sits below the median of $60,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Rochester, NY median is 22.9% lower than the national median of $78,350 for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,256, which is 20.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 7.8% lower than the New York median of $65,530.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rochester, NY is 97.035, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other at $62,256 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other. Rochester, NY ranks 6th of 10 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).).
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is 62 miles away, with a median of $65,560 and employment of 230. That median is 8.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,403, against $62,256 here.
- Syracuse, NY is 70 miles away, with a median of $62,590 and employment of 100. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,374, against $62,256 here.
- Watertown-Fort Drum, NY is 94 miles away, with a median of $74,120 and employment of 40. That median is 22.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,525, against $62,256 here.
Employment share
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Rochester, NY (190 of 494,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (59,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.00 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Rochester, NY · Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other make in Rochester, NY?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Rochester, NY is $60,410. The 10th percentile is $37,690 and the 90th percentile is $86,830. Employment is 190.
How does that compare with the national median for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other?
The local median is 22.9% lower than the national median of $78,350.
What is Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other pay in Rochester, NY after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rochester, NY is 97.035, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,410 is $62,256. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Rochester, NY compare with nearby metros for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other?
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 62 miles away, at $65,560. Rochester, NY ranks 6th of 10 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.