How much do Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other make in Worcester, MA?

Percentile spread

For Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $46,930 and the 90th percentile is $85,420. The difference is $38,490, which is 60.8% 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 $49,510 to the 75th at $77,130, covers $27,620.

The mean annual wage is $65,410, which sits above the median of $63,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Worcester, MA median is 19.2% 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 $61,713, which is 21.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.2% lower than the Massachusetts median of $67,450.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Worcester, MA is 102.523, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other at $61,713 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other. Worcester, MA ranks 10th of 13 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).).

• Springfield, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $58,640 and employment of 60. That median is 7.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,045, against $61,713 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 43 miles away, with a median of $81,170 and employment of 170. That median is 28.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,824, against $61,713 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 49 miles away, with a median of $72,710 and employment of 690. That median is 14.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,159, against $61,713 here.

Employment share

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Worcester, MA (240 of 349,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (59,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.78 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.