Automation Technician Salary: $45.00/hr Median from 11 Job Postings

By level

Level	Median	Postings
Level not stated	$52.50	7
Senior	$44.00	4

State	Median	Postings
California	$47.75	6

States with at least three postings. Remote and multi-location postings without a single state are left out of this table.

Role	Employer	Location	Published pay
Instrumentation & Electrical Technician	Valar Atomics	Orangeville, UT	$45–$65/hr
Automation Technician 2nd Shift, Manufacturing Automation	Anduril Industries	Costa Mesa, CA	$48–$57/hr
Automation Technician, Manufacturing Automation	Anduril Industries	Costa Mesa, CA	$48–$57/hr
Instrumentation & Electrical Technician	Valar Atomics	Torrance, CA	$45–$60/hr
Senior Controls Technician	Helion Energy	Everett, WA	$43.90–$52.43/hr
Senior Electrical and Instrumentation Technician	Charm Industrial	Fort Lupton, CO	$36–$54/hr
Commissioning Technician III	Divergent	Long Beach, CA	$36–$50/hr
Instrumentation & Controls Technician	Oklo	Idaho Falls, ID	$30–$55/hr
Senior PLC Technician	Anduril Industries	Santa Ana, CA	$33–$44/hr
Robotics Install & Commissioning Technician	Formic	Chicago, IL	$28–$38/hr
Propulsion Technician (Raptor Printer Automation & Controls)	SpaceX	Hawthorne, CA	$23–$38/hr

Sources: pay ranges that employers publish in their own job postings (often required by state pay-transparency laws). We never estimate or impute pay.
Window: postings first seen in the last 365 days, open or since closed. Only US-dollar ranges are included; internships and director-level roles are left out.
Each posting counts once at the midpoint of its range. The same role posted in several cities with the same range counts once.
Hourly figures are shown as published; annual equivalents assume 2,080 paid hours. Base pay only: bonuses, equity and overtime aren’t included.
Big employers that post many roles can pull the figures toward their own pay bands; we flag that when one employer supplies 40% or more of the sample.