The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $133,400, California is the highest paying state for electrical engineers. It is followed by New Mexico (average annual salary $130,460). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $133,400 |
$77,690 | 27,580 |
| 2 | New Mexico | $130,460 |
$68,200 | 1,570 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $125,940 |
$81,970 | 500 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $125,890 |
$74,860 | 5,690 |
| 5 | Washington | $121,770 |
$79,420 | 7,530 |
| 6 | Maryland | $111,660 |
$71,890 | 4,540 |
| 7 | Idaho | $108,590 |
$64,440 | 930 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | $108,340 |
$79,030 | 2,000 |
| 9 | Utah | $106,200 |
$70,320 | 1,940 |
| 10 | Georgia | $105,720 |
$65,620 | 4,830 |
| 11 | Colorado | $104,680 |
$75,780 | 3,540 |
| 12 | Connecticut | $104,090 |
$71,880 | 2,540 |
| 13 | Delaware | $103,900 |
$67,010 | 530 |
| 14 | Alabama | $103,280 |
$66,630 | 3,720 |
| 15 | Rhode Island | $103,000 |
$74,730 | 470 |
| 16 | Texas | $102,530 |
$58,490 | 14,540 |
| 17 | New York | $102,510 |
$61,650 | 8,940 |
| 18 | Hawaii | $102,390 |
$62,240 | 1,080 |
| 19 | Virginia | $102,360 |
$66,150 | 5,170 |
| 20 | Oregon | $102,360 |
$74,150 | 2,410 |
| 21 | Alaska | $102,060 |
$65,260 | 410 |
| 22 | New Jersey | $101,940 |
$70,730 | 4,630 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | $101,470 |
$63,520 | 6,820 |
| 24 | West Virginia | $100,850 |
$65,620 | 590 |
| 25 | North Dakota | $100,850 |
$72,280 | 330 |
| 26 | Nebraska | $100,830 |
$64,120 | 840 |
| 27 | Maine | $100,690 |
$70,070 | 900 |
| 28 | Minnesota | $100,340 |
$66,540 | 3,510 |
| 29 | North Carolina | $100,120 |
$66,280 | 5,150 |
| 30 | Tennessee | $99,990 |
$64,250 | 2,190 |
| 31 | Vermont | $99,550 |
$67,110 | 440 |
| 32 | Michigan | $99,520 |
$67,080 | 9,800 |
| 33 | Iowa | $99,330 |
$63,490 | 940 |
| 34 | Oklahoma | $99,260 |
$66,300 | 1,820 |
| 35 | Arizona | $99,070 |
$59,150 | 5,170 |
| 36 | Missouri | $98,400 |
$61,770 | 2,440 |
| 37 | Florida | $97,780 |
$61,850 | 6,940 |
| 38 | Louisiana | $97,660 |
$63,240 | 1,200 |
| 39 | Ohio | $97,440 |
$63,840 | 5,980 |
| 40 | Illinois | $96,990 |
$64,910 | 4,370 |
| 41 | Mississippi | $96,480 |
$59,680 | 1,070 |
| 42 | Kansas | $95,970 |
$64,390 | 2,140 |
| 43 | Wisconsin | $95,410 |
$66,690 | 4,550 |
| 44 | Indiana | $94,840 |
$60,540 | 3,180 |
| 45 | Wyoming | $93,870 |
$64,330 | 300 |
| 46 | Nevada | $88,940 |
$56,160 | 960 |
| 47 | Kentucky | $86,120 |
$61,150 | 1,420 |
| 48 | Guam | $85,860 |
$52,570 | 60 |
| 49 | South Dakota | $84,490 |
$56,590 | 290 |
| 50 | South Carolina | $83,860 |
$56,660 | 2,340 |
| 51 | Arkansas | $82,040 |
$60,290 | 810 |
| 52 | Montana | $81,770 |
$63,060 | 650 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $62,540 |
$40,400 | 320 |