How much do Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN?

Percentile spread

For Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $39,110 and the 90th percentile is $106,640. The difference is $67,530, which is 90.9% 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 $56,260 to the 75th at $105,970, covers $49,710.

The mean annual wage is $77,500, which sits above the median of $74,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN median is 0.3% lower than the national median of $74,510 for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $79,503, which is 6.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% lower than the Indiana median of $77,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 93.430, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $79,503 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ranks 9th of 24 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).).

• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 67 miles away, with a median of $79,400 and employment of 370. That median is 6.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,971, against $79,503 here.
• Terre Haute, IN is 77 miles away, with a median of $70,340 and employment of 40. That median is 5.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,117, against $79,503 here.
• Niles, MI is 92 miles away, with a median of $65,880 and employment of 60. That median is 11.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,322, against $79,503 here.

Employment share

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (90 of 102,200). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (36,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.78 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.