Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Traffic Technicians
Traffic Technicians conduct field studies to determine traffic volume, speed, effectiveness of signals, adequacy of lighting, and other factors influencing traffic conditions, under direction of traffic engineer.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Traffic Technicians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $32,150 to $37,550 per year or $15 to $18 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Traffic Technicians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $40 | $83,150 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $31 | $65,010 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $23 | $47,800 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $18 | $37,550 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $15 | $32,150 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| WA | $34 | $69,740 |
| CA | $31 | $64,890 |
| IL | $31 | $63,590 |
| PA | $30 | $62,270 |
| NY | $30 | $61,790 |
| CO | $27 | $56,920 |
| AZ | $27 | $55,330 |
| OH | $26 | $54,850 |
| NJ | $26 | $53,990 |
| MA | $26 | $53,860 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Traffic Technician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Traffic Technicians are in the states of WA, CA, IL, PA and NY.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government | $54960 | $26.43 |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $51870 | $24.94 |
| State Government | $51020 | $24.53 |
| Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction | $50350 | $24.21 |
| Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $39240 | $18.87 |
| Other Support Services | $38380 | $18.45 |
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