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What the pay looks like
Median
$67,820
Bottom tenth
$46,680
Top tenth
$106,550
The national median is $67,820 a year, the bottom tenth earn $46,680 or less and the top tenth $106,550 or more, in the 2025 survey. The published occupation is called Calibration Technologists and Technicians, which is the closest official match and lumps bench calibration work in with plant instrumentation work. Overtime is not included in these figures.