Vermont·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-3026

Best programs to become an industrial engineering technologist in Vermont

1 Vermont school offers programs that train industrial engineering technologists and technicians, graduating 7 people a year. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Vermont earn a median of $72,410 across about 110 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

BLS lists an associate's degree as the typical entry-level education for industrial engineering technologists and technicians. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Vermont is Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician (IPEDS completions).

Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff.

Also calledQuality TechnicianNanofabrication SpecialistManufacturing Technology AnalystIndustrial Engineering TechnicianR and D Engineer (Research and Development Engineer)Research Lab Associate (Research Laboratory Associate)Process Engineering Technician (Process Engineering Tech)Quality Control Engineering Technician (QC Engineering Technician)
Graduates / yr
7
in Vermont
Median pay · Vermont
$72,410
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
110
people employed
Schools
1
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
47%
across those schools
Median net price
—
per year, IPEDS

1 program in Vermont that leads to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Vermont (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Vermont page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 15.0613In Vermont →
7
100.0%
1$57,188$22,000

Top 1 schools in Vermont

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Vermont State University
Randolph, VT Public · 1 feeder program
7Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician—47%—82%

All 1 schools in Vermont

Every school in Vermont with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Vermont that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Vermont State UniversityRandolphPublic71

Fields of study in Vermont that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

What industrial engineering technologists and technicians earn in Vermont

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Vermont
$72,410
Mean annual
$75,710
Jobs in state
110
What the range looks like
10th pct$53,760Median$72,41090th pct$100,920
Versus the national median
+9.5%

U.S. median $66,120. Vermont pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.71×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington, VT
$72,250median
40 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.7%
Little or no change
Openings per year
6,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,300
74,600 → 75,900
Typical entry education
Associate's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians page.

How to become an industrial engineering technologist

Typical entry education
Associate's degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Vermont

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 8 majors mapped to Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 15.0001Applied Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • 15.0612Industrial Technology/Technician
  • 15.0613Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.0699Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • 15.0703Industrial Safety Technology/Technician
  • 15.0705Process Safety Technology/Technician(no graduates reported)
  • 15.1501Engineering/Industrial Management
  • 15.1503Packaging Science

Common questions

Answers for people weighing industrial engineering technologists and technicians programs in Vermont.

What degree do you need to become an industrial engineering technologist?+

BLS lists an associate's degree as the typical entry-level education for industrial engineering technologists and technicians. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Vermont is Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician (IPEDS completions).

Which college majors lead to becoming an industrial engineering technologist?+

The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Vermont is Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician (IPEDS completions). In all, 1 feeder program graduates about 7 people a year in Vermont (IPEDS completions).

How much do industrial engineering technologists and technicians earn in Vermont?+

The median is $72,410 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.5% above the U.S. median of $66,120. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for industrial engineering technologists and technicians growing?+

BLS projects a +1.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 6,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Vermont?+

1 institutions in Vermont reported graduates from at least one of the 1 program that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do industrial engineering technologists and technicians work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Quality Technician, Nanofabrication Specialist, Manufacturing Technology Analyst, Industrial Engineering Technician, R and D Engineer (Research and Development Engineer), Research Lab Associate (Research Laboratory Associate) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 17-3026.

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in other statesIndianaLouisianaTexasAlabamaCaliforniaIllinoisMissouriNew York

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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