Controls Engineer salary
What a controls engineer actually earns, from 94 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-28.
Switch the market above to see controls engineer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A controls engineer earns a blended US median near 122,435 dollars, with the typical middle running from 101,098 dollars to 150,600 dollars. The official OEWS median is 117,750 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 19 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is field service technician, at 28 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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Automatiker / SPS-Programmierer 60 - 100% (w/m/d) at ARO TECHNOLOGIES AGLangenthal, Bern, SwitzerlandTodayApply- Automaticien CFC (H/F) at New Work Human ResourcesFribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland1d agoApply
Automatiker 100% (m/w/d) at Tuboly-Astronic AGDottikon, Aargau, Switzerland1d agoApply- Lehrstelle Automatiker EFZ at Aktiengesellschaft Matterhorn Gotthard BahnGlis, Valais, Switzerland2d agoApply
Automaticien de maintenance at Hans Leutenegger SAFreiburg, Switzerland2d agoApply
Automatiker Servicetechnik (m/w/d) at Work SelectionSchlieren, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
By country
- United Kingdom$62,589$68,571$73,658
- United States$101,098$122,435$150,600
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Alabama$146,480
- Maryland$135,990
- Massachusetts$132,020
- New Jersey$131,960
- California$128,830
- Colorado$125,330
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Quick answers
How much does a controls engineer make?
The blended US median is about 122,435 dollars, with a typical range from 101,098 dollars to 150,600 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 117,750 dollars.
What can a controls engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is field service technician, at 28 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2199. Live corpus 94 observations, 2026-09-28. Definitions in the glossary.