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Electrical Engineer Salary in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

The annual salary statistics of electrical engineers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of electrical engineers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$47,450
25th Percentile Wage
$65,150
50th Percentile Wage
$79,320
75th Percentile Wage
$100,210
90th Percentile Wage
$119,680

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for electrical engineers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $119,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,450.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of electrical engineers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$79,320
-14.41% -10.64%
2021
$90,750
-0.13% -
2020
$90,870
2.31% -
2019
$88,770
-24.76% -
2018
$110,750
23.67% -
2017
$84,540
-3.81% -
2016
$87,760
-0.81% -
2014
$88,470
0.80% -
2012
$87,760
- -

Table 2. Compare Electrical Engineer Salary in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,320 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is in the middle of salary range for electrical engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of electrical engineers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is 38.5 percent (38.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 2.6 percent (2.6%) 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

See also: Top paying jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.