Hiring an electrical and electronic engineering technologist in Houston, TX

Employers in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area pay electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians a median of $69,410, with the middle half of the market between $50,950 and $93,620. Houston residents working in architecture and engineering occupations report a median of $106,148, which is 53% above what the metro pays for this role.

What does an electrical and electronic engineering technologist earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$50,950
Median	$69,410
75th percentile	$93,620

Half of electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in this area earn between $50,950 and $93,620. A band set below $50,950 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Houston residents earn

$106,148

Median earnings of Houston residents working in architecture and engineering occupations, 32,593 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 53% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

Residents here already earn more than this role pays, so your offer is competing with whatever they currently commute to.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
Replace defective components or parts, using hand tools and precision instruments.
Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.
Read blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings, or engineering instructions for assembling electronics units, applying knowledge of electronic theory and components.
Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers or field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 17-3023.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Bentley MicroStation, C.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Houston?

This is a job zone three: medium preparation needed occupation. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 36% of Houston adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Houston commute runs 27.3 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 11.7% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Fort Bend County, architectural, engineering and related services employs 2,639 and turns over 5.5% a quarter, with 293 hires against 277 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $11,086 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 5413.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a low-churn market, where people do not move often and passive candidates are the whole game.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $13,882 to $20,823 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Price this search

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Hiring an electrical and electronic engineering technologist somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other architecture and engineering roles in Houston

Houston is the largest of 17 Texas cities in this dataset.