Relay / Protection & Control Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National, the published median for SOC 49-2095, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay, is $103,020 per year. The middle half of the Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National wage distribution runs from $81,860 to $118,870, a width of $37,010 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Relay / Protection & Control Technician comparison, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $96,170 per year while Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports $118,990 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Relay / Protection & Control Technician figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay, read alongside Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National, are Air Transportation at $129,330 per year (NAICS 481000); Scheduled Air Transportation at $129,330 per year (NAICS 481100); Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas at $120,910 per year (NAICS 486200). Those Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National median was $100,940 per year in May 2024, compared with $103,020 in May 2025, a published difference of $2,080. That Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $100,940 and $103,020 Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $103,020 per year for Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National, separate overtime, per diem, lodging and mobilization separately; prevailing wage obligations and union scale depend on the assignment and agreement, not a special BLS traveling-worker percentile. The Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Relay / Protection & Control Technician within Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National opening, the work checks include protection-and-test equipment relays, protection-and-test equipment/protection-and-test equipment test sets, commissioning; NETA Level III/IV; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Relay / Protection & Control Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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