How to become a Metrology Engineer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 计量工程技术人员

Researches, verifies, calibrates, tests, measures, oversees and manages measurement, and drafts, revises and applies measurement regulations and standards.

Main tasks

• Researching, setting up and maintaining measurement primary standards, measurement standards and measuring equipment
• Drafting, revising, reviewing and managing regulations on measurement technology and overseeing how they are followed
• Organising measurement comparisons and traceability, assessing measurement standards and overseeing measuring instruments and reference materials
• Organising type approval of new measuring products and measurement arbitration, and carrying out measurement notarisation, assessment and certification
• Developing instruments, equipment, systems and reference materials for measurement testing
• Maintaining and using measuring instruments and managing an organisation's measurement work
• Giving technical advice and spreading knowledge about measurement

Ways in

• University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Instrumentation (0803); majors such as Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments, Precision Instruments, Intelligent Sensing Engineering. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
• Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Metrology, Testing and Application Technology (460311). Vocational major 460311 Metrology, Testing and Application Technology (计量测试与应用技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Measurement and Control Engineering Technology (260306). Vocational major 260306 Modern Measurement and Control Engineering Technology (现代测控工程技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Registered Metrologist; Special Equipment Inspection; Testing Personnel.
• National qualification: Licence to practise: Registered Metrologist. You need this qualification to work in the job. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Registered Metrologist (注册计量师), run by State Administration for Market Regulation; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

Pay · AI and this job

• Median pay in China: CN¥79,500 a year (2025).
• Middle half: CN¥55,200 to CN¥123,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥192,300.
• This is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel, not for this job alone.
• National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
• Guangzhou only: median CN¥154,900 a year (2025), middle half CN¥95,270 to CN¥213,289.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

• The census group Engineering and Technical Personnel holds 2.35% of everyone employed in China; 17.1% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
• 48.9% are under 35, 45.1% are 35 to 54 and 6% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
• Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Related jobs

• Standards Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• Certification and Accreditation Auditor
• Reliability Engineer

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Metrology Engineer?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Metrology, Testing and Application Technology (460311); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Measurement and Control Engineering Technology (260306).

How much does a Metrology Engineer earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥79,500 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥154,900 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Metrology Engineer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
• Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026