Mechatronics salary guide

The headline numbers

Mechatronics pay splits cleanly along one line: technician or engineer. It is the most important fork in the field, and it maps directly to how much school you do. Here is the national picture from the most recent BLS wage data (May 2025).

That gap of roughly $49,000 per year is the single clearest financial argument for the bachelor's degree. Whether it's worth the extra two years and tuition is a personal call, and we work through that decision in is a mechatronics degree worth it. The rest of this guide breaks both tracks down further.

Mechatronics technician salary

The BLS tracks this role as Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (SOC 17-3024). The median is $73,900, but the spread is what matters:

• Bottom 10%: $47,840, typical of entry and early-career roles in lower-cost regions
• Median: $73,900
• Top 10%: $109,890, senior techs in high-paying industries and metros

A six-figure ceiling on a two-year degree is genuinely unusual, and it's the headline reason the technician path is worth taking seriously. For the full state-by-state and metro breakdown, see the mechatronics technician salary page.

Mechatronics engineer salary

"Mechatronics engineer" isn't its own BLS code, so the field shows up across a few engineering occupations depending on your exact title:

• Mechanical engineers: median $104,110
• Electrical engineers: median $120,630
• Engineers, all other (controls, robotics, automation): median $122,930

If you want to become one, the path is laid out step by step in how to become a mechatronics engineer.

Salary by degree level

Stack the credentials against the pay and the trend is hard to miss: each step up the degree ladder moves the floor and the ceiling.

• Certificate / short program: entry maintenance and operator roles, generally below the technician median
• Associate degree (AAS): mechatronics technician, ~$73,900 median
• Bachelor's degree: engineer roles, ~$123,000 median for the catch-all engineering code
• Master's degree: senior, specialized, and R&D engineering roles, with the upper-percentile wages above

Highest-paying states for mechatronics technicians

Geography moves the number a lot. These are the top-paying states by mean annual wage for mechatronics technicians (May 2025). One honest caveat: a couple of these (New Mexico especially) reflect small employment counts concentrated in high-paying industries like oil, gas, and utilities, so the average is real but the job pool is thin.

Highest-paying metros

Metro-level pay is where the cost-of-living premium shows up clearest. These metros lead on mean annual wage for mechatronics technicians:

What actually moves your pay

Same title, wildly different paychecks. Four things explain most of the spread:

• Degree level. The biggest single lever. The bachelor's-to-associate gap is roughly $49,000 a year.
• Industry. Utilities, oil and gas, and aerospace pay mechatronics workers well above general manufacturing. Chasing the right industry can outweigh chasing a title.
• Location. A high-cost metro can pay 30-40% over the national median for the same work. Just weigh it against what it costs to live there.
• Specialized skills. Robotics integration, advanced PLC and SCADA work, and vision systems all command premiums because fewer people can do them well.

FAQ

Source: All wage figures from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Occupations referenced: SOC 17-3024 (Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians), 17-2199 (Engineers, All Other), 17-2141 (Mechanical Engineers), and 17-2071 (Electrical Engineers). Wages are gross, before benefits, and reflect national and area survey estimates.