Earnings
According the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the
median income for electrical engineers i was $98,530 in May 2019. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
The lowest 10 percent earned less than $63,020, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $155,880. The median annual wage for electronics engineers, except computer was $105,570 in May 2019. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $66,620, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $164,210.
In May 2019, the median annual wages for electrical engineers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences |
$113,050 |
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing |
$104,170 |
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing |
$103,400 |
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution |
$99,610 |
Engineering services |
$96,540 |
In May 2019, the median annual wages for electronics engineers, except computer in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing |
$114,260 |
Federal government, excluding postal service |
$112,870 |
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing |
$106,240 |
Engineering services |
$101,580 |
Telecommunications |
$98,600 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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