Highest-paying Cities for Electrical Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for electrical engineers (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 engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $155,480, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for electrical engineers. It is followed by Chico, California (average annual salary $141,320). 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 engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Electrical Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$155,480	$86,380	5,360
2	Chico, California	$141,320	$80,760	60
3	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$140,990	$103,460	30
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$138,000	$83,820	4,740
5	Fresno, California	$135,050	$77,700	280
6	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$133,800	$81,390	330
7	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$132,290	$95,430	40
8	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$131,730	$72,260	130
9	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$130,460	$75,640	1,250
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$129,410	$75,770	8,670
11	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$129,010	$78,610	2,130
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$128,560	$78,600	630
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$127,240	$74,950	5,930
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$127,040	$81,700	5,200
15	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$125,500	$82,710	370
16	Worcester, Massachusetts	$125,170	$77,370	420
17	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$125,130	$70,730	750
18	Yuba City, California	$124,550	$92,930	40
19	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$124,100	$80,450	110
20	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$123,660	$74,090	290
21	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$123,590	$77,310	60
22	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$123,510	$76,810	150
23	Lewiston, Washington	$123,020	$65,110	30
24	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$122,820	$75,830	2,800
25	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$122,420	$74,880	1,740
26	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$121,930	$75,570	1,340
27	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$121,910	$75,500	160
28	Boulder, Colorado	$121,620	$79,400	410
29	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$121,490	$79,480	370
30	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$121,090	$65,020	60
31	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$120,900	$79,450	40
32	Modesto, California	$120,830	$65,000	60
33	Decatur, Alabama	$120,000	$77,060	160
34	Macon, Georgia	$119,830	$60,530	70
35	Beckley, West Virginia	$118,550	$75,480	50
36	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$118,320	$73,110	50
37	Salem, Oregon	$118,200	$72,950	50
38	Redding, California	$118,100	$70,640	80
39	Framingham, Massachusetts	$117,980	$72,870	1,280
40	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$117,720	$76,350	2,860
41	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$117,500	$78,980	3,900
42	Stockton, California	$116,980	$72,310	160
43	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$116,510	$92,560	50
44	Savannah, Georgia	$116,380	$73,190	150
45	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$116,290	$79,020	40
46	Camden, New Jersey	$115,770	$63,010	430
47	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$115,510	$62,910	n/a
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$115,450	$68,100	5,400
49	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$114,890	$68,300	4,620
50	Spokane, Washington	$114,530	$68,920	350
51	Wichita Falls, Texas	$114,360	$69,750	n/a
52	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$114,100	$47,570	30
53	Salinas, California	$113,730	$91,140	60
54	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$113,530	$68,280	4,190
55	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$113,030	$73,330	60
56	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$112,000	$73,570	200
57	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$111,940	$66,990	50
58	Tacoma, Washington	$111,560	$66,320	200
59	Springfield, Massachusetts	$111,490	$73,740	310
60	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$111,460	$69,440	1,960
61	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$111,090	$75,390	100
62	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$111,020	$68,720	500
63	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$110,960	$68,750	3,330
64	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$110,790	$64,500	510
65	Longview, Washington	$110,670	$80,400	40
66	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$110,490	$76,790	50
67	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$110,320	$77,330	480
68	North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$110,250	$56,840	40
69	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$110,040	$74,170	390
70	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$109,990	$63,090	230
71	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$109,830	$73,360	820
72	Dalton, Georgia	$109,780	$59,440	30
73	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$109,720	$77,810	360
74	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$109,660	$84,180	40
75	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$109,490	$79,070	260
76	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$109,230	$71,990	310
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$108,970	$67,740	6,680
78	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$108,950	$62,260	50
79	Decatur, Illinois	$108,760	$75,780	70
80	Nashua, New Hampshire	$108,410	$69,770	1,100
81	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$108,260	$62,810	2,100
82	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$107,820	$70,730	3,770
83	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$107,780	$67,310	1,020
84	Wheeling, West Virginia	$107,730	$65,500	50
85	Valdosta, Georgia	$107,590	$65,850	30
86	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$107,120	$78,490	110
87	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$106,810	$66,900	50
88	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$106,810	$67,070	30
89	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$106,630	$61,060	40
90	Salt Lake City, Utah	$106,620	$68,840	960
91	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$106,600	$63,720	40
92	Manchester, New Hampshire	$106,320	$75,290	200
93	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$106,200	$71,830	2,050
94	Dover, Delaware	$106,130	$67,010	40
95	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$106,050	$69,390	30
96	Provo-Orem, Utah	$106,030	$65,320	220
97	Tucson, Arizona	$105,890	$79,730	1,640
98	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$105,890	$67,330	1,220
99	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$105,700	$66,180	3,660
100	Utica-Rome, New York	$105,400	$66,310	140

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for electrical engineers.