Careers in calibration & metrology

Calibration technicians check measuring instruments against reference standards, adjust or repair them when needed and document the results, in an in-house lab, a third-party lab or at customer sites. Start with the calibration technician guide: the work, the three jobs that share the “metrology” name, and the ways in (military, community college, on the job). Then see what the job pays by percentile, state and industry, whether ASQ’s Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) is worth it for you, and the metrologist and metrology engineer roles, which own the methods, uncertainty and traceability behind the calibrations. Pay figures come from official data (BLS OEWS, with the occupation code and year), not from job-site estimates; requirements and fees come from the certifier’s own pages, with the date we checked them.