Mechatronics technician salary in Vermont (2026)

How much does a mechatronics technician make in Vermont?

With no BLS state number, Salary.com's model is the closest thing Vermont has to a baseline. It puts the middle 50% of mechatronics technicians between $50,654 and $65,378. That's a fairly tight band, which usually signals a small labor market without much of a high-paying tier pulling the top end up. The 90th percentile only reaches $72,437, barely above the US median. In bigger manufacturing states, top-decile technicians clear six figures. Here they don't, at least not in the model.

The people who land at the top of Vermont's range tend to be the ones running automated lines at the state's larger plants, especially the semiconductor and precision-molding operations, where uptime is expensive and skilled maintenance techs are worth paying for. Entry-level and general facilities roles sit closer to the $44,000 to $50,000 floor. Where you work matters more than the statewide average suggests, because the average is smoothing over a handful of very different employers.

Vermont mechatronics salary: BLS vs Salary.com vs Indeed

The three sources split for a reason. BLS reports nothing for Vermont because its employer survey suppresses estimates when the sample is too small to protect confidentiality, so the occupation simply doesn't clear the bar here. Salary.com's $57,624 is a model that blends job title, region, and HR compensation data rather than a headcount survey, which is why it can produce a Vermont number when BLS can't. Indeed's $25.43 an hour comes from actual job postings, but only 2 of them, which is far too few to trust. One outlier posting swings that figure wildly.

When you're negotiating, use the Salary.com average of $57,624 as your anchor and its $50,654 to $65,378 middle band as your realistic range. Ignore the Indeed number outright given the sample. And if you're interviewing at one of the state's semiconductor or precision-manufacturing plants, come in expecting the upper half of that band, because those employers pay above the general Vermont average for skilled controls and maintenance work.

How Vermont compares with nearby states

Vermont is the low-pay corner of a well-paid Northeast. Neighboring Maine posts a mechatronics technician median of $82,510 and Connecticut $81,860, and even next-door New Hampshire runs $75,780. Vermont's modelled average of $57,624 trails all of them, and the gap isn't small. Part of that is scale: Vermont has very few of these jobs to begin with, so employers don't compete for talent the way they do in denser manufacturing markets. If you're mobile, the regional map alone is an argument to look across a state line.

Who hires mechatronics technicians in Vermont

The biggest single employer of this kind of talent in the state is the GlobalFoundries semiconductor fab in Essex Junction. It runs a 200mm factory on 12-hour compressed shifts and operates a multi-year Maintenance Technician apprenticeship built with Vermont Technical College, where GlobalFoundries pays for the coursework and apprentices earn credits toward a general engineering associate degree. The fab also posts fab automation engineer roles in the $54,000 to $110,000 range, which is the clearest local path from technician to engineer track.

Beyond the fab, Vermont's precision and food manufacturers hire automation and maintenance techs too. Husky Technologies runs an injection-molding operation in Milton, GW Plastics does contract injection molding and silicone assembly, and Ben & Jerry's staffs maintenance technicians at its Waterbury and St. Albans ice cream plants. These are the operations where a mechatronics skill set (PLCs, drives, robotics, hydraulics) actually gets paid for in Vermont.

How to earn more as a mechatronics technician in Vermont

Aim for the semiconductor and precision-manufacturing employers

The statewide average of $57,624 is dragged down by general facilities and light-industrial roles. Vermont's real money for this work is at the plants that can't afford downtime: the GlobalFoundries fab in Essex Junction and precision molders like Husky and GW Plastics. Target the top half of the Salary.com band ($58,000 to $65,000-plus) at these employers rather than accepting the statewide average, because they pay for controls and automation depth.

Cross a state line into a better-paying market

Vermont is the lowest-paying state in its own region for this job. Maine's median is $82,510 and Connecticut's is $81,860, and next-door New Hampshire pays $75,780 with no state income tax. If you're within commuting distance of the Connecticut River valley or willing to relocate, the regional gap is one of the fastest raises available. Line up your certifications first so you walk in credentialed.

Step up to the engineer track

The ceiling on the technician title in Vermont is low, roughly $72,000 at the 90th percentile. The controls and automation engineer path clears that easily, and Vermont has a rare in-state on-ramp: GlobalFoundries posts fab automation engineer roles from $54,000 to $110,000. See the controls engineer route and the mechatronics salary guide for how the jump changes your pay.

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 Vermont, as of July 1, 2026. HR-reported and modelled averages.
• Indeed, mechatronics technician salaries in Vermont, based on 2 reported salaries. Posting-derived.
• GlobalFoundries Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship, Essex Junction VT
• ThinkVermont: Manufacturing sector