How much do Semiconductor Processing Technicians make in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Percentile spread

For Semiconductor Processing Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $47,420 and the 90th percentile is $62,890. The difference is $15,470, which is 30.4% 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 $47,640 to the 75th at $57,290, covers $9,650.

The mean annual wage is $54,070, which sits above the median of $50,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median is 1.2% lower than the national median of $51,430 for Semiconductor Processing Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,023, which is 10.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.8% higher than the California median of $48,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 110.423, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Semiconductor Processing Technicians at $46,023 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Semiconductor Processing Technicians. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks 1st of 2 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).).

• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 78 miles away, with a median of $46,340 and employment of 680. That median is 8.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,082, against $46,023 here.

Employment share

Semiconductor Processing Technicians accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (2,130 of 1,134,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,460 of 155,495,730). The local share is 9.28 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.