Mechatronics technician salary in Ohio (2026)

How much does a mechatronics technician make in Ohio?

The spread here is wide, which is normal for a title that covers everyone from a fresh associate-degree hire to a 15-year controls specialist. The bottom 10% of Ohio mechatronics technicians earn around $48,790, the top 10% clear $109,320. That is a $60,000 gap inside one job title, and most of it is experience, shift, and which industry you land in.

The number to anchor on is the middle 50%: $61,070 at the 25th percentile up to $83,540 at the 75th. If you have a two-year degree and a couple of years of PLC and robotics troubleshooting, that band is where you should expect offers to land. Ohio's mean of $74,620 sits a hair above the median, which tells you a handful of high earners pull the average up rather than the whole field being paid well.

With a location quotient of 0.63, Ohio has fewer of these jobs per capita than the country as a whole. That does not mean low demand for the skills. It means a lot of Ohio's automation and maintenance work gets posted under other titles, so the technicians who reach the top decile are usually the ones who chased the controls-engineer or lead-tech ladder rather than staying a generalist.

Ohio mechatronics salary: BLS vs Salary.com vs Indeed

The three sources disagree hard for Ohio, and it is worth knowing why before you walk into a negotiation. BLS says $73,050 median. Salary.com models about $57,166. Indeed reports an average near $28.17 an hour, which annualizes to roughly $58,594 off a sample of just 19 reported salaries. That Indeed figure rests on a thin pile of postings, so treat it as a loose signal, not a benchmark.

BLS is an actual employer wage survey, so it captures full-time technicians at established plants who tend to earn more. Salary.com and Indeed lean on modelled HR data and self-reported job postings, which skew toward entry rungs and lump in adjacent lower-paying titles. When you negotiate in Ohio, use the BLS $73,050 median as your floor for an experienced role and point to the $83,540 upper-middle mark if you are bringing PLC and robotics depth.

Mechatronics technician pay by metro area in Ohio

The one Ohio metro BLS breaks out is Toledo, and it looks like an outlier: a median near $109,890 with a location quotient of 1.21, meaning the job is more concentrated there than the national average. Toledo is Jeep and auto-supplier country, and that heavy industrial base pulls pay up. But read that number with care. BLS counts only about 40 of these technicians in Toledo, so a single high-paying plant can swing the whole metro figure. It signals real opportunity in northwest Ohio, not a guarantee every Toledo tech clears six figures.

Job outlook for mechatronics technicians in Ohio

Ohio's projection is basically flat. The state model has employment slipping from 550 to 540 by 2034, a 1.1% decline, while the nation grows a modest 0.7%. So Ohio is not adding these jobs the way faster-automating states are. That said, the state still projects about 40 openings a year. Almost all of that is churn, technicians retiring or moving into engineering roles, not brand-new headcount, which is exactly why the openings number outruns the shrinking job total.

Translation for you: the seats exist and they turn over, but you are competing for replacement roles, not a wave of new ones. That makes certifications and controls skills the difference between waiting for a seat and being the obvious hire. You can dig into the state's own numbers at Ohio LMI.

How Ohio compares with nearby states

Inside the Midwest, Ohio sits right in the middle. Wisconsin pays more at a $76,290 median and Illinois more still at $79,400, both landing above Ohio's $73,050. On the other side, neighboring Michigan comes in lower at $62,460 despite its auto weight, and Indiana trails the whole region at $47,440. So Ohio is a solid regional midpoint, well ahead of its southern and eastern-lake neighbors but a step behind the top-paying Great Lakes states.

Who hires mechatronics technicians in Ohio

The clearest demand is in auto. Honda's Marysville Auto Plant near Columbus hires Equipment Service and Facilities Equipment Service Technicians to run preventative maintenance and repair on automated lines, with postings that have advertised sign-on bonuses and a two-year technical degree or equivalent experience. In northwest Ohio, the Toledo Assembly Complex (Jeep) and nearby supplier Dana Incorporated in Toledo both staff maintenance and electromechanical roles tied to axle and vehicle assembly.

Beyond the auto names, Ohio's food processing, plastics, and electronics plants hire the same skill set under titles like controls technician, automation technician, and maintenance technician. If you only search the exact phrase mechatronics technician, you will miss most of the state's openings, so search the adjacent titles too.

How to earn more as a mechatronics technician in Ohio

Stack the certifications employers actually screen for

Ohio's plants run on PLCs, drives, and robotics, and the technicians in that $83,540-and-up upper half are almost always the ones who can prove it on paper. A focused cert stack in PLC programming, industrial robotics, and controls is the fastest way to jump from the $61,070 starting band toward the top quartile. See our mechatronics certifications guide for which ones carry weight with maintenance and controls hiring managers.

Chase Toledo, or cross the line into Illinois or Wisconsin

Geography moves your paycheck. Toledo's median sits far above the statewide $73,050 on the back of its auto base, so northwest Ohio is worth targeting if you can relocate inside the state. If you are open to leaving, Wisconsin's $76,290 and Illinois' $79,400 medians both beat Ohio, and both are a short move from the northern edge of the state. Michigan at $62,460 is the direction not to go for pay.

Step up to the controls-engineer track

The single biggest lever in Ohio is the title above technician. The state's top decile clears $109,320, and most of those people moved from wrenching into controls engineering, automation lead, or systems roles. If you already read ladder logic and troubleshoot robotics, that step is closer than you think. Map the jump with our controls engineer career guide and the full mechatronics salary guide.

Sources & methodology

Figures on this page come from four independent datasets, retrieved 2026-07-14. Where they disagree, the disagreement is shown rather than averaged away; the source-comparison section explains why each number differs.

• BLS OEWS, SOC 17-3024, May 2025 national and state estimates (state file oesm25st.zip). Employer-reported, the authoritative baseline.
• Salary.com, Mechatronics Technician in Ohio, as of July 01, 2026. HR-reported and modelled averages.
• Indeed, mechatronics technician salaries in Ohio, based on 19 reported salaries. Posting-derived.
• Projections Central, 2024–2034 state occupational projections produced by Ohio's labor market agency (state source).
• Honda Careers: Equipment Service Technician, Marysville Auto Plant, OH
• Dana Incorporated: Assembly Technician, Toledo, OH