Inspection, Testing and Metrology Services Workers

How to become a Metrology Technician

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 计量员

Also called: Length Metrology Technician, Thermal Metrology Technician, Electrical and Chemical Metrology Technician, Acoustic Metrology Technician, Mechanical Metrology Technician, Radio Frequency Metrology Technician, Time and Frequency Metrology Technician

Verifies and calibrates instruments, meters and equipment, and checks, adjusts, repairs and tests them.

Main tasks

Measuring indicated or nominal values
Checking the appearance of measuring instruments
Calibrating less accurate instruments against more accurate ones
Adjusting instrument parts so they meet the set specifications
Repairing, grinding or replacing instrument parts
Measuring the size, shape, position and other features of objects with measuring instruments
Recording, calculating and judging measurement data
Helping lead inspectors write verification, calibration and test reports
Checking and maintaining instruments and equipment

Ways in

Vocational majors: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Industrial Product Quality Testing Technology (660109). Vocational major 660109 Industrial Product Quality Testing Technology (工业产品质量检测技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Mechanical Engineering Drawing.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Metrology, Testing and Application Technology (660307). Vocational major 660307 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).

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥67,400 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥49,200 to CN¥96,500. One in ten earn less than CN¥38,000 and one in ten more than CN¥140,900.
This is the figure for the mid group Technical Support Services Workers, 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¥111,058 a year (2025), middle half CN¥82,989 to CN¥131,752.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Technical Support Services Workers holds 0.75% of everyone employed in China; 36.7% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
64.4% are under 35, 33.1% are 35 to 54 and 2.5% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 30 to 34.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Metrology Technician?

Ways in include: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Industrial Product Quality Testing Technology (660109); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Metrology, Testing and Application Technology (660307).

How much does a Metrology Technician earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥67,400 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 Technical Support Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥111,058 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Metrology Technician?

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