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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

SOC 17-3024 · 2024-2034

Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$83,833per year
Projected openings
1,700
Projected change
+5.3%
Usually needs
Associate's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Operations Monitoring
  2. Troubleshooting
  3. Monitoring
  4. Repairing
  5. Quality Control Analysis
  6. Critical Thinking

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$111,874220
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$87,446210
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$79,970110
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$79,812120
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$76,905530

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$101,7711,580+12.5%
Avionics Technicians$95,0951,040+8.3%
Calibration Technologists and Technicians$81,2221,0700%
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians$88,50011,520-2.9%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$89,5425,030+5.1%
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$65,0922,580-13.3%

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