Electrical Engineer salary
What an electrical engineer actually earns, from 956 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-07.
Switch the market above to see electrical engineer pay in the 5 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An electrical engineer earns a blended US median near 117,915 dollars, with the typical middle running from 97,407 dollars to 149,078 dollars. The official OEWS median is 111,910 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 80,486 dollars to 106,097 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 3% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is mechanical engineer, at 39 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open electrical engineer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Wir suchen dich als Elektroplaner/In EFZ (auch Lehrabgänger*) per sofort in Zürich at VONDO AGZürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Hardware Engineer (m/w/d) at Sensirion AGStäfa, Zürich, Switzerland · RemoteTodayApply
- Elektroplaner / Projektleiter at eplus elektroplanung GmbHUster, Zürich, SwitzerlandTodayApply
Electrical Engineer (Metal Processing) at Ernest Gordon RecruitmentScotland1d agoApply
Senior Electronics Engineer EW (All Genders) at StarkBerlin2d agoApply- Junior Firmware Engineer Embedded Systems C/C++ at Oetiker Schweiz AGHorgen, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$97,407$117,915$149,078
- United Kingdom$60,834$74,352$87,871
- Australia$72,063$86,475$106,292
- Canada$68,279$78,448$92,186
- Netherlands$55,745$59,807$66,197
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$140,360
- District of Columbia$138,860
- Washington$130,730
- Massachusetts$126,010
- New Jersey$125,120
- Maryland$124,450
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an electrical engineer profile already covers.
- 24 open robotics engineer roles$128,468 median · +$10,553 · 13% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an electrical engineer.
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Related salaries
- Mechanical Engineer salary$112,636 median
- Robotics Engineer salary$128,468 median
- Structural Engineer salary$105,927 median
Quick answers
How much does an electrical engineer make?
The blended US median is about 117,915 dollars, with a typical range from 97,407 dollars to 149,078 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 111,910 dollars.
Is electrical engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 3% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an electrical engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is mechanical engineer, at 39 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2071. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Electrical and electronics engineers.” Live corpus 956 observations, 2026-09-07. Definitions in the glossary.