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Mechatronics Engineers

Research, design, develop, or test automation, intelligent systems, smart devices, or industrial systems control.

Wages

BLS doesn't publish wages for Mechatronics Engineers separately. These are the figures for Engineers, All Other (17-2199), its parent occupation.

Median annual wage, U.S.$122,930
Employment, U.S.154,070
Median hourly wage$59.10
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$66,810$90,970$122,930$158,090$189,950
By state (51)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama3,460$152,5501.65
Alaska200$142,3900.61
Arizona1,720$102,2800.54
Arkansas820$76,9400.63
California28,610$130,8501.59
Colorado2,540$132,5900.89
Connecticut2,430$124,1101.44
Delaware$103,580
District of Columbia3,560$151,9205.12
Florida8,600$105,4100.87
Georgia4,120$112,2600.85
Hawaii1,100$122,8001.77
Idaho560$130,9700.67
Illinois2,520$111,9300.42
Indiana1,540$120,8800.49
Iowa1,100$103,0900.71
Kansas780$76,1000.55
Kentucky500$99,8300.25
Louisiana6,310$99,0703.29
Maine590$120,4300.93
Maryland7,340$129,7702.68
Massachusetts2,850$131,2600.79
Michigan7,700$121,0001.77
Minnesota1,290$108,8500.44
Mississippi480$111,0300.42
Missouri1,850$102,9800.63
Montana240$97,4700.47
Nebraska300$88,4900.29
Nevada870$103,7800.57
New Hampshire610$128,1300.90
New Jersey4,540$132,4501.07
New Mexico2,190$162,0702.54
New York5,760$117,6000.60
North Carolina4,270$112,4500.87
North Dakota220$100,2500.52
Ohio7,000$120,4701.27
Oklahoma860$119,8100.51
Oregon2,030$123,2201.04
Pennsylvania3,250$108,9500.54
Rhode Island380$117,0800.77
South Carolina1,280$110,4900.56
South Dakota110$112,2600.23
Tennessee4,400$96,6401.36
Texas10,820$115,8100.78
Utah1,750$110,3201.02
Vermont390$126,5501.29
Virginia5,060$148,1601.24
Washington3,580$134,5701.02
West Virginia660$118,8000.95
Wisconsin690$110,3600.24
Wyoming110$113,0500.40

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Mechanical Engineers40.975
2Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians30.973
3Fuel Cell Engineers40.972
4Manufacturing Engineers40.971
5Aerospace Engineers40.971
6Materials Engineers40.967
7Automotive Engineers40.967
8Commercial and Industrial Designers40.964
9Robotics Engineers40.964
10Industrial Engineers40.964

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Mechatronics Engineers, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Validation EngineersScience1.130.957
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety EngineersManagement of Material Resources1.370.957
Materials ScientistsScience1.630.951
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and TechniciansRepairing2.250.948
Logistics EngineersManagement of Financial Resources1.370.937

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Mechatronics Engineers, excluding software Mechatronics Engineers already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Minitab12 of 207.9x
Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software10 of 207.4x
Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL5 of 2038.5x
Verilog7 of 2013.5x
Computer aided design and drafting CADD software7 of 2012.0x
Ansys Fluent5 of 2028.8x
Bentley MicroStation8 of 207.7x
Mathsoft Mathcad6 of 2013.8x
1CadCam Unigraphics5 of 2023.1x
Computer numerical control CNC software4 of 2046.2x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.88 4.25
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.88 4.12
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 3.75 4.12
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 3.75 4.00
WritingEssential skill 3.75 4.00
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.62 4.00
SpeakingEssential skill 3.50 3.88
MathematicsEssential skill 3.38 4.00
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.38 4.00
MonitoringEssential skill 3.38 3.88
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.25 4.00
Active LearningEssential skill 3.12 4.00
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 3.12 3.62
Technology DesignTransferable skill 3.12 3.62
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 3.12 3.50
ScienceEssential skill 3.12 3.25
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.12 3.12
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 3.00 3.75
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.00 3.38
InstructingTransferable skill 3.00 3.12
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
PersuasionTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
Service OrientationTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.75 2.88
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 2.75 2.88
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.62 2.88
ProgrammingTransferable skill 2.50 2.38
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 2.38 2.50
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 2.25 2.50
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 2.00 1.88
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 2.00 1.88
InstallationTransferable skill 1.62 0.75
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.50 0.75
RepairingTransferable skill 1.38 0.75
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Engineering and Technology 4.65 5.61
Design 4.25 5.09
Production and Processing 4.15 4.88
Mechanical 4.11 4.86
Mathematics 3.89 4.67
Physics 3.27 4.65
Computers and Electronics 3.02 3.87
English Language 2.97 3.24
Education and Training 2.87 3.83
Public Safety and Security 2.76 3.30
Administrative 2.52 3.77
Administration and Management 2.36 2.84
Building and Construction 2.19 2.41
Economics and Accounting 2.18 2.43
Chemistry 2.13 2.51
Telecommunications 2.05 1.89
Customer and Personal Service 1.99 1.93
Communications and Media 1.98 2.51
Personnel and Human Resources 1.91 1.60
Transportation 1.65 1.54
Psychology 1.55 1.28
Law and Government 1.50not rated
Foreign Language 1.33not rated
Biology 1.31not rated
Sales and Marketing 1.28not rated
Sociology and Anthropology 1.23not rated
Food Production 1.11not rated
Geography 1.09not rated
Medicine and Dentistry 1.09not rated
Philosophy and Theology 1.04not rated
Therapy and Counseling 1.01not rated
Fine Arts 1.00not rated
History and Archeology 1.00not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Comprehension 4.12 4.75
Deductive Reasoning 4.00 4.62
Written Comprehension 4.00 4.62
Oral Expression 3.88 4.62
Written Expression 3.88 4.62
Problem Sensitivity 3.88 4.12
Inductive Reasoning 3.88 4.00
Information Ordering 3.75 4.12
Near Vision 3.75 3.88
Fluency of Ideas 3.50 4.00
Originality 3.38 4.12
Speech Clarity 3.38 3.12
Visualization 3.25 3.75
Category Flexibility 3.25 3.62
Speech Recognition 3.25 3.25
Mathematical Reasoning 3.12 4.00
Selective Attention 3.12 3.12
Number Facility 3.00 3.25
Far Vision 3.00 3.00
Flexibility of Closure 3.00 3.00
Visual Color Discrimination 2.88 3.00
Memorization 2.88 2.88
Speed of Closure 2.88 2.88
Time Sharing 2.88 2.75
Auditory Attention 2.75 2.88
Perceptual Speed 2.75 2.88
Hearing Sensitivity 2.62 2.62
Arm-Hand Steadiness 2.25 2.25
Control Precision 2.25 2.25
Finger Dexterity 2.25 2.25
Depth Perception 2.12 2.00
Manual Dexterity 2.00 1.25
Rate Control 1.88 1.25
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.88 1.12
Trunk Strength 1.75 1.38
Reaction Time 1.75 1.25
Multilimb Coordination 1.75 0.88
Extent Flexibility 1.50 0.75
Response Orientation 1.50 0.62
Spatial Orientation 1.50 0.50
Sound Localization 1.12not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Dynamic Strength 1.00not rated
Explosive Strength 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.00not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.00not rated
Stamina 1.00not rated
Static Strength 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 54
  • Finite element method FEM software
  • Hardware description language HDL
  • IBM Rational
  • Keysight Intuilink Connectivity Software
  • MSC Software Adams
  • MSC Software Nastran
  • Magellan Firmware
  • Mentor Graphics VeSys Design
  • Microchip MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • Modelica
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • PTC Creo Parametric
  • Programmable logic controller PLC software
  • Rapid prototyping software
  • Simulation software
  • The MathWorks Real-Time Workshop
  • The MathWorks Stateflow
  • Unified modeling language UML
  • Vector CANalyzer
  • Vector CANoe
  • Vector Canape
  • Web browser software
  • Woodward MotoTron Control Solutions MotoHawk
  • dSPACE

Where it concentrates

BLS doesn't publish wages for Mechatronics Engineers separately. These are the figures for Engineers, All Other (17-2199), its parent occupation.

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Lexington Park, MD1,02014.58$166,230
Lake Charles, LA1,33013.19$94,810
Huntsville, AL3,11011.77$155,630
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL8306.66$132,650
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL1,6206.65$127,400
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL4605.07$115,210
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA4404.78$142,130
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH1,6504.48$142,080
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA4,9704.42$169,650
Baton Rouge, LA1,7804.39$101,720

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