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Electrical Engineer Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of electrical engineers in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of electrical engineers in Dallas-Plano-Irving is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Electrical Engineers in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$67,690
25th Percentile Wage
$80,860
50th Percentile Wage
$99,090
75th Percentile Wage
$125,050
90th Percentile Wage
$157,420

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for electrical engineers in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $157,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $67,690.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of electrical engineers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$99,090
5.23% 10.88%
2016
$93,910
1.52% -
2015
$92,480
5.58% -
2014
$87,320
-1.50% -
2013
$88,630
0.36% -
2012
$88,310
- -

Table 2. Compare Electrical Engineer Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,090 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for electrical engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of electrical engineers in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 22.1 percent (22.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Victoria.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$129,010
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$115,510
Wichita Falls
$114,360
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$111,090
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$109,990
Sherman-Denison
$109,660
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$108,950
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$107,820
Amarillo
$102,910
Texarkana-Texarkana
$102,880
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$101,330
Corpus Christi
$101,190
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$99,510
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$99,090
Waco
$98,330
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$98,330
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$97,270
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$96,580
Odessa
$95,580
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$93,540
Brownsville-Harlingen
$93,290
Abilene
$91,940
Fort Worth-Arlington
$91,870
College Station-Bryan
$91,140
Tyler
$88,490
Longview
$87,130
Midland
$81,590
Lubbock
$80,860
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$79,320
El Paso
$78,520
Laredo
$77,590
Victoria
$77,220