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Electrical engineers: pay by state and city

What electrical engineers — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$120,630
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
17-2071 Electrical engineers
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$125,100
Jobs in the survey198,750
Most jobsCalifornia24,230 jobs · median $144,040

Pay where you want to work

Pick a state or search a metro area. The bar shows the spread from the lowest-paid 10% to the top 10% in that place.

United States

Electrical engineers · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
17-2071 Electrical engineers
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$76,550
25th percentile
$92,830
Median
$120,630
75th percentile
$152,950
Top 10% above
$184,300
Middle half of workersMedianMean $125,100Jobs 198,750

BLS publishes this occupation for 53 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 438 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. California24,230 jobs$144,040
  2. Texas20,870 jobs$129,450
  3. Michigan10,840 jobs$106,070
  4. Florida9,220 jobs$104,780
  5. New York8,770 jobs$119,010

Highest-paying states

  1. New Mexico2,560 jobs$158,520
  2. California24,230 jobs$144,040
  3. New Hampshire1,600 jobs$135,710
  4. Washington7,610 jobs$132,710
  5. Texas20,870 jobs$129,450

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA8,970 jobs$139,780
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,290 jobs$128,340
  3. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI6,060 jobs$114,390
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,770 jobs$131,070
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,720 jobs$124,390

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA4,160 jobs$187,060
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,470 jobs$166,030
  3. Albuquerque, NM1,280 jobs$163,720
  4. Manchester-Nashua, NH1,050 jobs$159,360
  5. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX4,070 jobs$145,360
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Electrical and electronics engineers —$125,040——
Computer hardware engineers —$161,740——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · electrical and electronics engineers

  • Engineering services$105,780
  • Electric power generation, transmission and distribution$122,430
  • Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences$135,230
  • Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing$121,610
  • Aerospace product and parts manufacturing$141,160
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Electrical Engineering