Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.

WAGES FOR ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS
1995-97





Areas for which
Data are Available
  Year   Entry Level:
No Experience
Experienced:
New to Firm
Experienced:
3 Years with Firm
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)





Golden Sierra  1996 $7.00-12.90 ($9.70) $8.00-19.10 ($11.20) $10.70-20.00 ($15.40)
Sacramento & Yolo  1997 $7.20-10.00 ($9.00) $10.00-16.00 ($11.70) $12.00-23.70 ($15.50)
San Benito  1996 $4.70- 6.00 ($5.20) $5.70-10.00 ($8.00) $7.60-14.00 ($14.00)
San Joaquin  1996 $7.00-12.70 ($10.00) $8.50-14.70 ($12.00) $9.00-16.70 ($15.00)
San Luis Obispo  1997 $6.00-12.90 ($8.50) $7.50-15.00 ($11.50) $10.00-18.00 ($13.20)
Santa Clara  1996 $8.00-11.00 ($9.00) $7.00-23.00 ($10.00) $8.90-24.70 ($13.00)
Santa Cruz  1995 $8.70-11.50 ($9.00) $10.00-15.30 ($11.20) $14.00-17.20 ($16.00)
Sonoma  1995 $6.50-13.20 ($8.50) $10.00-17.50 ($13.00) $12.20-21.70 ($18.50)
Ventura  1997 $7.00-13.00 ($10.00) $10.00-20.00 ($12.70) $11.50-25.00 ($16.00)





  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


WAGES FOR ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$18.75 $18.74 $14.40-22.43
Modesto (Stanislaus) $20.26 $18.21 $15.97-22.06
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $16.67 $14.80 $11.66-19.04
Orange County $16.29 $14.25 $10.93-19.49
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$17.09 $16.40 $11.24-21.86
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$17.19 $16.57 $10.86-20.99
Salinas (Monterey) $25.32 $18.27 $14.86-40.93
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$17.78 $15.64 $12.71-21.98
San Jose (Santa Clara) $18.02 $17.41 $13.86-21.87
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz) $17.59 $17.47 $13.47-21.90
Ventura County $18.74 $19.16 $14.57-22.67




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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