17 Series · SOC 17-2072

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$127,590

per year

Median Hourly

$61.34/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$132,500

average

Employment

93,940

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$79,390$98,920$127,590$164,000$199,060
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$38.17$47.56$61.34$78.85$95.70
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$79,390

25th Percentile

$98,920

Median

$127,590

75th Percentile

$164,000

90th Percentile

$199,060

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. District of Columbia $161,570 2. New Jersey $155,860 3. California $154,670 4. Maryland $144,990 5. Washington $136,930

Lowest Paying States

46. Puerto Rico $79,150 47. South Dakota $81,760 48. Nebraska $85,600 49. Iowa $90,910 50. Vermont $91,500
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $161,570 +27% above national
2 New Jersey $155,860 +22% above national
3 California $154,670 +21% above national
4 Maryland $144,990 +14% above national
5 Washington $136,930 +7% above national
6 Arizona $135,200 +6% above national
7 Maine $134,140 +5% above national
8 Massachusetts $133,840 +5% above national
9 Rhode Island $132,330 +4% above national
10 Oregon $129,920 +2% above national
11 Colorado $127,610 same as national
12 Texas $126,650 1% below national
13 Georgia $125,530 2% below national
14 Hawaii $123,990 3% below national
15 South Carolina $123,390 3% below national
16 New Mexico $121,800 5% below national
17 Illinois $121,380 5% below national
18 Virginia $120,050 6% below national
19 New York $115,200 10% below national
20 Florida $114,430 10% below national
21 Missouri $114,140 11% below national
22 Utah $110,390 13% below national
23 Ohio $109,870 14% below national
24 Michigan $109,020 15% below national
25 Alabama $108,240 15% below national
26 West Virginia $107,370 16% below national
27 Oklahoma $106,850 16% below national
28 Pennsylvania $106,110 17% below national
29 Wisconsin $106,110 17% below national
30 Indiana $105,850 17% below national
31 New Hampshire $105,560 17% below national
32 Tennessee $105,390 17% below national
33 North Carolina $105,360 17% below national
34 Connecticut $103,740 19% below national
35 Alaska $102,120 20% below national
36 Arkansas $100,600 21% below national
37 Montana $100,430 21% below national
38 Idaho $99,890 22% below national
39 Kansas $99,650 22% below national
40 Nevada $97,770 23% below national
41 Kentucky $97,020 24% below national
42 North Dakota $96,720 24% below national
43 Minnesota $96,310 25% below national
44 Louisiana $95,970 25% below national
45 Wyoming $94,590 26% below national
46 Vermont $91,500 28% below national
47 Iowa $90,910 29% below national
48 Nebraska $85,600 33% below national
49 South Dakota $81,760 36% below national
50 Puerto Rico $79,150 38% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $195,970 2. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $185,200 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $179,050 4. Trenton-Princeton, NJ $169,090 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $160,180

Lowest Paying Metros

187. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $58,670 188. Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $77,660 189. South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $78,800 190. Evansville, IN $78,920 191. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $79,150
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $195,970 +54% above national
2 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $185,200 +45% above national
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $179,050 +40% above national
4 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $169,090 +33% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $160,180 +26% above national
6 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $153,820 +21% above national
7 Lexington Park, MD $153,340 +20% above national
8 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $153,340 +20% above national
9 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $153,110 +20% above national
10 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $149,410 +17% above national
11 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $145,480 +14% above national
12 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $143,790 +13% above national
13 Albuquerque, NM $143,660 +13% above national
14 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $142,830 +12% above national
15 Sherman-Denison, TX $140,740 +10% above national
16 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $139,870 +10% above national
17 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $139,370 +9% above national
18 Boulder, CO $138,600 +9% above national
19 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $138,200 +8% above national
20 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $136,980 +7% above national
21 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $136,660 +7% above national
22 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $136,040 +7% above national
23 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $135,740 +6% above national
24 Huntsville, AL $134,850 +6% above national
25 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $134,430 +5% above national
26 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $134,430 +5% above national
27 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $134,420 +5% above national
28 Utica-Rome, NY $132,350 +4% above national
29 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $132,200 +4% above national
30 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $132,010 +3% above national
31 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $131,550 +3% above national
32 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $130,780 +3% above national
33 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $130,750 +2% above national
34 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $130,620 +2% above national
35 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $130,450 +2% above national
36 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $130,110 +2% above national
37 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $129,180 +1% above national
38 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $128,970 +1% above national
39 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $128,420 +1% above national
40 Bloomington, IL $128,300 +1% above national
41 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $127,250 same as national
42 College Station-Bryan, TX $127,150 same as national
43 El Paso, TX $126,560 1% below national
44 Syracuse, NY $126,470 1% below national
45 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $126,320 1% below national
46 Reno, NV $126,240 1% below national
47 St. Louis, MO-IL $125,560 2% below national
48 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $125,280 2% below national
49 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $124,910 2% below national
50 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $124,110 3% below national
51 Portland-South Portland, ME $123,710 3% below national
52 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $123,440 3% below national
53 Raleigh-Cary, NC $123,250 3% below national
54 Urban Honolulu, HI $122,260 4% below national
55 New Haven, CT $121,230 5% below national
56 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $121,060 5% below national
57 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $120,080 6% below national
58 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $119,790 6% below national
59 Colorado Springs, CO $119,210 7% below national
60 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $118,950 7% below national
61 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $118,650 7% below national
62 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $118,620 7% below national
63 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $118,230 7% below national
64 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $116,990 8% below national
65 Ogden, UT $116,000 9% below national
66 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $115,730 9% below national
67 Salem, OR $115,480 9% below national
68 Salinas, CA $115,210 10% below national
69 Kennewick-Richland, WA $114,990 10% below national
70 Springfield, MA $114,710 10% below national
71 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $114,550 10% below national
72 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $113,950 11% below national
73 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $113,730 11% below national
74 Jacksonville, FL $113,730 11% below national
75 Greensboro-High Point, NC $113,040 11% below national
76 Port St. Lucie, FL $111,600 13% below national
77 Warner Robins, GA $111,530 13% below national
78 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $111,270 13% below national
79 Gainesville, FL $110,400 13% below national
80 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $110,300 14% below national
81 Tallahassee, FL $110,230 14% below national
82 Cleveland, OH $109,310 14% below national
83 Lancaster, PA $109,230 14% below national
84 Ann Arbor, MI $109,160 14% below national
85 Oklahoma City, OK $109,120 14% below national
86 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $109,020 15% below national
87 Waco, TX $108,930 15% below national
88 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $108,800 15% below national
89 Corpus Christi, TX $107,980 15% below national
90 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $107,920 15% below national
91 Las Cruces, NM $107,720 16% below national
92 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $107,710 16% below national
93 Madison, WI $107,550 16% below national
94 Worcester, MA $107,530 16% below national
95 Columbus, IN $107,510 16% below national
96 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $107,450 16% below national
97 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $107,230 16% below national
98 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $107,070 16% below national
99 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $107,030 16% below national
100 Pittsburgh, PA $106,660 16% below national
101 Stockton-Lodi, CA $106,430 17% below national
102 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $106,410 17% below national
103 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $106,230 17% below national
104 Lynchburg, VA $106,110 17% below national
105 Peoria, IL $106,060 17% below national
106 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $105,940 17% below national
107 Columbus, OH $105,910 17% below national
108 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $105,560 17% below national
109 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $105,130 18% below national
110 Baton Rouge, LA $104,880 18% below national
111 Tuscaloosa, AL $104,580 18% below national
112 Mobile, AL $104,530 18% below national
113 Modesto, CA $104,470 18% below national
114 Manchester-Nashua, NH $104,350 18% below national
115 Charlottesville, VA $104,180 18% below national
116 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $104,180 18% below national
117 Chattanooga, TN-GA $104,050 18% below national
118 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $103,990 18% below national
119 Richmond, VA $103,960 19% below national
120 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $103,920 19% below national
121 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $103,740 19% below national
122 Kansas City, MO-KS $103,700 19% below national
123 Fresno, CA $103,430 19% below national
124 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $103,330 19% below national
125 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $103,250 19% below national
126 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $103,120 19% below national
127 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $102,980 19% below national
128 Rochester, NY $102,800 19% below national
129 Lexington-Fayette, KY $102,550 20% below national
130 Tulsa, OK $102,540 20% below national
131 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $102,230 20% below national
132 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $102,140 20% below national
133 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $102,060 20% below national
134 Anchorage, AK $101,900 20% below national
135 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $101,750 20% below national
136 Knoxville, TN $101,500 20% below national
137 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $101,440 20% below national
138 Tucson, AZ $101,320 21% below national
139 Akron, OH $101,040 21% below national
140 Birmingham, AL $101,020 21% below national
141 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $100,800 21% below national
142 Toledo, OH $100,740 21% below national
143 Canton-Massillon, OH $100,610 21% below national
144 Boise City, ID $99,890 22% below national
145 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $99,880 22% below national
146 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $99,680 22% below national
147 Cedar Rapids, IA $99,650 22% below national
148 Decatur, AL $98,550 23% below national
149 Killeen-Temple, TX $98,540 23% below national
150 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $98,430 23% below national
151 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $97,670 23% below national
152 Topeka, KS $96,740 24% below national
153 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $96,520 24% below national
154 Wichita, KS $96,520 24% below national
155 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $96,090 25% below national
156 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $95,890 25% below national
157 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $95,640 25% below national
158 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $94,880 26% below national
159 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $94,120 26% below national
160 Tyler, TX $93,910 26% below national
161 Greeley, CO $93,740 27% below national
162 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $93,620 27% below national
163 Binghamton, NY $92,990 27% below national
164 Youngstown-Warren, OH $92,250 28% below national
165 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $92,200 28% below national
166 Columbia, SC $91,960 28% below national
167 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $91,800 28% below national
168 Montgomery, AL $91,120 29% below national
169 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $90,890 29% below national
170 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $90,120 29% below national
171 Pueblo, CO $90,000 29% below national
172 Roanoke, VA $89,780 30% below national
173 Mankato, MN $89,420 30% below national
174 Wilmington, NC $88,060 31% below national
175 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $87,650 31% below national
176 Fort Wayne, IN $86,100 33% below national
177 Omaha, NE-IA $85,600 33% below national
178 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $85,230 33% below national
179 Asheville, NC $84,050 34% below national
180 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $83,400 35% below national
181 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $82,510 35% below national
182 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $82,070 36% below national
183 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $81,760 36% below national
184 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $81,330 36% below national
185 Lincoln, NE $79,900 37% below national
186 York-Hanover, PA $79,720 38% below national
187 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $79,150 38% below national
188 Evansville, IN $78,920 38% below national
189 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $78,800 38% below national
190 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $77,660 39% below national
191 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $58,670 54% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.