SOC 51-9141 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Semiconductor Processing Technicians make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Semiconductor Processing Technicians in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $78,940. The 10th percentile is $38,410 and the 90th percentile is $102,180. Employment is 2,260.

Median annual wage

$78,940

10th percentile
$38,410
25th percentile
$51,190
Median
$78,940
75th percentile
$80,670
90th percentile
$102,180
Mean
$72,930

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Semiconductor Processing Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $38,410 and the 90th percentile is $102,180. The difference is $63,770, which is 80.8% 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 $51,190 to the 75th at $80,670, covers $29,480.

The mean annual wage is $72,930, which sits below the median of $78,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 53.5% higher than the national median of $51,430 for Semiconductor Processing Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $76,406, which is 48.6% 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 Arizona median of $78,940.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Semiconductor Processing Technicians at $76,406 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Semiconductor Processing Technicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Semiconductor Processing Technicians accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (2,260 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,460 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.70 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Semiconductor Processing Technicians make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Semiconductor Processing Technicians in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $78,940. The 10th percentile is $38,410 and the 90th percentile is $102,180. Employment is 2,260.

How does that compare with the national median for Semiconductor Processing Technicians?

The local median is 53.5% higher than the national median of $51,430.

What is Semiconductor Processing Technicians pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $78,940 is $76,406. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.