Technician salary: $90K median
From 92 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$90Kmedian advertised salary
$75K – $115Kmiddle half of roles
$103Kaverage advertised salary
92roles counted
Technician salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $115K | 30 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $90K | 88 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $189K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $122K | 6 |
| LG Electronics | $113K | 4 |
| McMaster-Carr | $106K | 5 |
| Saildrone | $105K | 3 |
| Lightning AI | $85K | 3 |
| Voyager Technologies, Inc. | $81K | 4 |
| CoreWeave | $75K | 9 |
| Rocket Lab | $54K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Technician roles
All technician jobs- Datacenter Networking Technician, AI Compute Deployment - StargateOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$157K - $302KPythonLinuxAnsible
- Staff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA$230K - $284KLeadPythonC++SQL
- Engineering Technician, ActuatorsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$113K - $260K
- Engineering TechnicianOratomic · Pasadena$150K - $250K
- Staff Technical Program Manager – Infrastructure Maintenance & Change ManagementCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York City, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bell…$177K - $237KLeadGo
- Maintenance and Engineering Supervisor: Automation, Mechatronics and Critical Building SystemsMcMaster-Carr · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL (Elmhurst)$166K - $236K
- Senior Software Engineer, Maintenance SystemsZipline · 🇺🇸Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA; South San Francisco, Calif…$150K - $230KSenior
- Sr. HVAC Design EngineerSpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$135K - $190KSenior
- Sr. Mechanical Engineer (HVAC)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$135K - $190KSenior
- Principal SAP Plant Maintenance ConsultantC5MI Insight · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$150K - $180KRemoteLeadSAP
- Machine Learning Engineer, Predictive MaintenanceAssetWatch, Inc. · 🇺🇸United States$151K - $175KPythonSQLDocker
- Senior Manager, Maintenance – GMP Peptide FacilityHims & Hers · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, California$155K - $175KSenior
- Lead, Avionics TechnicianZipline · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, USA$117K - $175KLead
- Data Transfer Workstation Support Technician IIAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Lorton, VA$89K - $170KAzureAWS
- Manager, Vehicle TechniciansZoox · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$137K - $164KJiraSAP
- Rework Technician IIWhoop · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$110K - $150K
- Fabrication TechnicianSolcoa · 🇺🇸Alameda, California$100K - $145KAWS
- Research TechnicianSolcoa · 🇺🇸Alameda, California$100K - $145K
- Proving Ground Technician ManagerWaymo · 🇺🇸Tempe, AZ, USA$130K - $137K
- Sr HVAC Product Training LeadLG Electronics · 🇺🇸Massachusetts$110K - $130KLead
Questions about Technician pay
- What is the average Technician salary?
- $103K a year on average and $90K at the median, across 92 open Technician postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $75K to $115K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Technician pay?
- OpenAI ($189K), SpaceX ($122K), LG Electronics ($113K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Technician roles at tech companies is $90K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $75K to $115K. Counted from 92 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/technician/
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