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Engineering technicians
Electronics technician
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Key facts
+1.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.8% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Electronics engineering technicians (ISCO 3114). Electronics engineering technicians perform technical tasks to aid in electronic research and in the design, manufacture, assembly, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
125 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- assistant in electronics engineering
- assistant in sensor engineering
- aviation diagnostic inspector
- aviation installation inspector
- aviation maintenance inspector
- aviation repair inspector
- aviation safety inspector
- aviation systems inspector
- aviation test inspector
- avionics diagnostic inspector
- avionics inspector
- avionics installation inspector
- avionics maintenance inspector
- avionics repair inspector
- avionics safety inspector
- avionics systems inspector
- avionics test inspector
- biomedical equipment technician
- biomedical equipment technologist
- BMET
- C&I engineering technician
- C&I technologist
- communication electronics engineering technician
- computer engineering technician
- computer hardware engineering technician
- computer hardware inspection technician
- computer hardware inspector
- computer hardware technician
- computer hardware test technician
- computer hardware tester
- computer hardware testing technician
- control and instrumentation engineering technician
- control and instrumentation technician
- control and instrumentation technologist
- digital electronics engineering technician
- electronic equipment technician
- electronic sensor technician
- electronic sensor technologist
- electronics engineering assistant
- electronics engineering technician
- electronics engineering technologist
- electronics sensor technician
- flight safety inspector
- hardware tester
- industrial electronics engineering technician
- inspection technician in computer hardware
- inspector of computer hardware
- instrumentation engineering assistant
- instrumentation engineering technician
- instrumentation technician
- instrumentation technologist
- IT engineering technician
- IT hardware engineering technician
- measurement and control engineering technologist
- medical appliance technician
- medical device builder
- medical device calibrator
- medical device engineering technician
- medical device inspector
- medical device installer
- medical device maintenance technician
- medical device repairer
- medical device technician
- medical equipment technician
- MEMS technician
- MEMS technologist
- micro-electronics engineering technician
- micro-system engineering technician
- microelectromechanical systems technician
- microelectromechanical systems technologist
- microelectronic equipment technologist
- microelectronic systems technologist
- microelectronics engineering technician
- microelectronics process engineering technician
- microelectronics technician
- microelectronics technologist
- microsystem engineering assistant
- microsystem engineering technician
- microsystem technician
- microsystem technologist
- MRI machine technician
- opto-electronic engineering technician
- opto-electronic technician
- optoelectronic engineering technician
- optoelectronic engineering technologist
- optoelectronic systems technician
- optoelectronic systems technologist
- optoelectronic technician
- pacemaker technician
- PC hardware engineering technician
- PC hardware technician
- sensor and actuator technician
- sensor design technician
- sensor development technician
- sensor engineering assistant
- sensor engineering technician
- sensor systems technician
- sensor technician
- signal processing technician
- signal processing technologist
- technician in computer hardware
- technician in computer hardware engineering
- technician in electronic equipment
- technician in electronic sensors
- technician in electronics engineering
- technician in instrumentation engineering
- technician in IT hardware
- technician in medical devices
- technician in medical equipment
- technician in microelectronic engineering
- technician in microsystem engineering
- technician in microsystems
- technician in optoelectronic systems
- technician in optoelectronics
- technician in sensor engineering
- technician of biomedical equipment
- technologist in biomedical equipment
- technologist in control and instrumentation equipment
- technologist in electronics engineering
- technologist in microelectronic systems
- technologist in microelectronics
- technologist in optoelectronic engineering
- technologist in optoelectronic systems
- tester of computer hardware
- x-ray machine technician
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians; Electronics engineers, except computer; Engineers, all other (+5))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $95,312
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.