Engineering Technology: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technician

Program Overview

Engineering Technology: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technician at Cerritos College

Certificate of Achievement

Engineering Technology Certificates of Achievement are available under three options: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technician, Mechanical Engineering Technician, and Industrial Engineering Technician. The basic core courses must be taken for all three certificates.

Salary, Growth and Careers

Salary

Careers associated with this program have a salary range from $37,000 to $165,000 with an average salary of $80,000.

Growth

Career opportunities for this program are expected to change little nationwide from 2022 to 2032.

Careers

• Traffic Technicians
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +3.5%
  • Average Salary: $73k
  • Salary Range: $53k - $92k
• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +8.3%
  • Average Salary: $93k
  • Salary Range: $74k - $110k
• Calibration Technologists and Technicians and Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +4.4%
  • Average Salary: $68k
  • Salary Range: $42k - $108k
• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +0.9%
  • Average Salary: $81k
  • Salary Range: $64k - $96k
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +0.8%
  • Average Salary: $85k
  • Salary Range: $62k - $101k
• Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +4.5%
  • Average Salary: $49k
  • Salary Range: $38k - $56k
• Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: -2.7%
  • Average Salary: $89k
  • Salary Range: $62k - $100k
• Engineers, All Other
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +3.3%
  • Average Salary: $136k
  • Salary Range: $98k - $165k
• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $77k
  • Salary Range: $60k - $89k
• Mechanical Drafters
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: -7.2%
  • Average Salary: $83k
  • Salary Range: $62k - $98k
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +0.6%
  • Average Salary: $80k
  • Salary Range: $60k - $97k
• Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -7.5%
  • Average Salary: $46k
  • Salary Range: $37k - $50k

Education Levels

Education levels are meant to represent what is typical for entry into the career, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Salary:
• Range: $27,000 to $178,000
• Average: $66,000
• Growth:
• Expected nationwide growth from 2019 to 2029
• Job growth rate of +2.6%
• Careers:
• Traffic Technicians:
• Education level: High school diploma or equivalent
• Job growth: +7.8%
• Average salary: $62,000
• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: +8.9%
• Average salary: $75,000
• Calibration Technologists and Technicians and Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: +4.4%
• Average salary: $68,000
• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: +1.8%
• Average salary: $70,000
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: +1.6%
• Average salary: $72,000
• Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers:
• Education level: High school diploma or equivalent
• Job growth: +6.9%
• Average salary: $38,000
• Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: -1.7%
• Average salary: $63,000
• Engineers, All Other:
• Education level: Bachelor's degree
• Job growth: +2.7%
• Average salary: $114,000
• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: +4.4%
• Average salary: $64,000
• Mechanical Drafters:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: -4.7%
• Average salary: $65,000
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians:
• Education level: Associate's degree
• Job growth: +5.7%
• Average salary: $70,000
• Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators:
• Education level: High school diploma or equivalent
• Job growth: -6.7%
The program offers a variety of potential career paths with good salaries and job growth.