The annual salary statistics of electrical engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of electrical engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $62,800 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,590 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $87,300 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $106,950 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $134,140 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for electrical engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $134,140. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $87,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,800.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of electrical engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $87,300 | -6.79% | 13.25% |
| 2021 | $93,230 | 6.00% | - |
| 2020 | $87,640 | -4.23% | - |
| 2019 | $91,350 | 1.32% | - |
| 2018 | $90,140 | 0.27% | - |
| 2017 | $89,900 | 7.24% | - |
| 2016 | $83,390 | -0.80% | - |
| 2015 | $84,060 | 2.41% | - |
| 2014 | $82,030 | 1.17% | - |
| 2013 | $81,070 | 6.59% | - |
| 2012 | $75,730 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $87,300 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for electrical engineers in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of electrical engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County is 12.6 percent (12.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Owensboro and 13.6 percent (13.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Owensboro | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Evansville | |
| Bowling Green | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |