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Engineering Technician (DOT) in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Personnel Management lists 3 job classes for this work in the Wisconsin state pay plan: Transpr Technician, Transpr Technician-Adv 2.

$40,269 – $84,302
state pay plan range, a year
3
classes in the state plan
$73,970
median pay in WI, all employers
1,560
workers in WI (SOC 17-3022)

Sources: Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Personnel Management, Wisconsin Alphabetical Listing of Classifications and 2025-2027 Compensation Plan Pay Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Wisconsin state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective June 28, 2026. These are the ranges Wisconsin sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Transpr Technician
Class 25101
Grade 06-10
$19.36 – $27.44 a hour
$40,269 – $57,075 a year
Transpr Technician-Adv
Class 25104
Grade 06-14
$26.50 – $37.49 a hour
$55,120 – $77,979 a year
Transpr Technician-Adv 2
Class 25105
Grade 06-15
$28.68 – $40.53 a hour
$59,654 – $84,302 a year

Schedule: Pay Schedule 06: Technical. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Personnel Management, Wisconsin Alphabetical Listing of Classifications and 2025-2027 Compensation Plan Pay Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Wisconsin, all employers Sourced

Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians (SOC 17-3022) in Wisconsin, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureWI
Workers1,560
10th percentile$48,640
Median$73,970
90th percentile$94,320
National median, government employers$67,040

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Free practice tests for Wisconsin

Source: Open Exam Prep, Open Exam Prep free practice tests. Data captured October 1, 2026. Each link was opened and its exam title checked on the date shown.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Engineering Technician (DOT) page.

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