Highest-paying Cities for Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for electrical and electronics engineering technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of electrical and electronics engineering technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,140, Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia is the highest paying city for electrical and electronics engineering technicians. It is followed by California-Lexington Park, Maryland (average annual salary $99,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of electrical and electronics engineering technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$107,140	$72,820	150
2	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$99,640	$50,070	340
3	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$97,320	$49,460	560
4	Anchorage, Alaska	$94,710	$64,510	310
5	El Centro, California	$93,830	$57,700	40
6	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$92,160	$62,920	520
7	Janesville, Wisconsin	$92,040	$59,900	30
8	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$91,850	$62,210	30
9	New Bern, North Carolina	$89,940	$79,350	80
10	Savannah, Georgia	$89,790	$59,380	50
11	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$89,700	$54,820	40
12	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$89,150	$62,090	50
13	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$88,360	$49,110	70
14	St Marys County, Maryland	$88,340	$46,960	450
15	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$88,330	$66,010	70
16	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$88,260	$71,230	40
17	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$88,250	$48,780	50
18	Morgantown, West Virginia	$87,970	$58,460	50
19	Fairbanks, Alaska	$87,920	$69,460	60
20	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$87,710	$71,930	290
21	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$85,770	$63,970	250
22	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$85,510	$60,990	90
23	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$85,360	$60,690	30
24	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$84,390	$50,240	1,430
25	Napa, California	$84,170	$64,390	30
26	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$84,160	$36,750	50
27	Sioux City, South Dakota	$83,800	$60,690	30
28	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$83,280	$49,170	100
29	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$83,180	$31,660	30
30	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$82,990	$36,490	40
31	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,890	$45,120	40
32	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$82,670	$71,760	50
33	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$82,040	$53,130	910
34	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$81,970	$62,880	30
35	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$81,890	$64,650	40
36	Manhattan, Kansas	$81,540	$60,870	50
37	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$81,480	$49,640	450
38	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$81,470	$47,950	510
39	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$81,370	$66,780	80
40	Salinas, California	$81,360	$52,090	40
41	Farmington, New Mexico	$80,920	$55,020	100
42	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$80,400	$54,720	50
43	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$80,110	$49,980	230
44	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$79,690	$41,410	610
45	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$79,440	$44,950	260
46	Duluth, Wisconsin	$79,410	$57,750	160
47	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$79,340	$58,490	40
48	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$79,230	$41,710	280
49	Jackson, Michigan	$79,170	$44,630	80
50	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$79,060	$60,200	30
51	Cumberland, West Virginia	$79,000	$63,030	30
52	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$78,890	$53,670	70
53	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$78,870	$52,970	120
54	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$78,810	$48,470	450
55	Modesto, California	$78,630	$50,240	40
56	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$78,600	$56,560	3,640
57	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$78,580	$49,200	120
58	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$78,520	$53,460	30
59	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$78,520	$49,900	70
60	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$78,520	$51,500	2,140
61	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$78,520	$53,250	540
62	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$78,520	$45,840	1,190
63	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$78,520	$60,920	140
64	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$78,490	$48,370	110
65	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$78,330	$38,540	160
66	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$78,290	$54,590	2,560
67	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$78,260	$26,810	30
68	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$78,240	$64,500	30
69	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$77,730	$58,600	1,830
70	Casper, Wyoming	$77,690	$64,260	40
71	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$77,610	$52,550	140
72	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$77,460	$46,360	50
73	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$77,390	$58,050	260
74	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$77,290	$51,770	30
75	Greeley, Colorado	$77,270	$59,010	40
76	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,200	$48,840	70
77	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$76,770	$43,630	170
78	Macon, Georgia	$76,770	$57,900	60
79	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$76,700	$48,940	550
80	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$76,580	$46,790	60
81	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$76,570	$47,150	50
82	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$76,560	$47,480	200
83	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$76,530	$48,680	1,640
84	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$76,410	$48,700	70
85	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$76,350	$56,110	60
86	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$76,090	$37,410	40
87	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$76,040	$46,460	30
88	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$76,000	$45,970	50
89	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$75,820	$45,630	90
90	Rome, Georgia	$75,750	$43,800	30
91	Dalton, Georgia	$75,720	$53,680	40
92	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$75,640	$59,820	60
93	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$75,450	$38,090	40
94	Corpus Christi, Texas	$75,420	$54,320	80
95	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$75,330	$49,810	2,660
96	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$75,280	$46,850	660
97	Bangor, Maine	$75,110	$59,160	30
98	Redding, California	$75,100	$48,810	50
99	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$75,100	$63,020	70
100	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$75,090	$40,220	60

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