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Average Engineering Technologists And Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Salary in Boulder, CO

Engineering Technologists And Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Boulder, CO earn a median annual salary of $78,370, which is +0.0% compared to the national median. There are 120 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Boulder, CO (metro area).

$78,370
Boulder, CO median annual wage
$38/hour median
+0.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $78,350
120
Local employment
0.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.64
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$57,260
25th
$61,410
Median
$78,370
75th
$92,690
90th
$98,040

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Boulder, CO, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
105.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$74,495
Goods: 96.1%
Services: 82.7%
Rents: 157.0%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Portland-South Portland, ME $108,850 Compare 750
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $108,010 Compare 1,160
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $107,140 Compare 930
Lexington Park, MD $105,560 Compare 450
Anchorage, AK $103,110 Compare 160
Bakersfield-Delano, CA $101,770 Compare 610

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Boulder, CO

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $465,940 1.55
Physicians, All Other $453,460 0.25
Family Medicine Physicians $297,070 1.70
Chief Executives $216,400 0.43
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $211,600 7.71
Natural Sciences Managers $210,340 2.31
Computer And Information Systems Managers $206,260 1.47
Architectural And Engineering Managers $203,420 2.49

Boulder, CO has salary data for 425 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Engineering Technologists And Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Boulder, CO

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Engineering Technologists And Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other are projected to change by +1.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 5,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.