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Hydrologic Technicians Salary by State and Metro Area

Hydrologic Technicians in the United States earn a median salary of $64,790/year ($31.15/hr). Salaries range from $44,950 to $100,480 depending on experience. Below, compare salaries across 28 states and 12 metro areas where BLS publishes data.

$45K
10th percentile
$52K
25th percentile
$65K
Median
$85K
75th percentile
$100K
90th percentile

Hydrologic Technicians salary by state

StateMedianHourlyEmployment
Texas$88K$42.5/hr270
Washington$85K$40.98/hr70
New Mexico$80K$38.32/hr50
Missouri$79K$38.19/hr40
Massachusetts$74K$35.49/hr60
California$71K$34.03/hr300
Nevada$69K$33.01/hr30
Maryland$68K$32.46/hr50
Georgia$67K$32.1/hr60
Pennsylvania$65K$31.45/hr100
New Jersey$65K$31.34/hr40
New York$65K$31.34/hr50
Arizona$65K$31.33/hr50
Kentucky$65K$31.33/hr30
Louisiana$65K$31.33/hr40
New Hampshire$65K$31.15/hr50
Oregon$63K$30.05/hr80
Florida$62K$29.72/hr240
Wisconsin$60K$28.89/hr50
North Carolina$60K$28.65/hr110
Colorado$57K$27.3/hr,
Idaho$55K$26.42/hr50
Montana$54K$25.75/hr70
Illinois$53K$25.42/hr,
Virginia$52K$25.09/hr40
Ohio$52K$25.06/hr80
West Virginia$48K$23.19/hr,
Tennessee$31K$14.8/hr,
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Showing 1–10 of 28 states with published data

BLS does not publish data for every state when sample sizes are too small

Top paying metro areas

Metro areaMedianEmployment
Midland, TX$102K,
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$82K40
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$80K30
Raleigh-Cary, NC$71K40
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$71K60
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$65K110
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$65K40
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62K40
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$61K40
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$57K30
Champaign-Urbana, IL$54K30
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$52K,
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