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Electrical Engineer Salary in Odessa, Texas

The annual salary statistics of electrical engineers in Odessa, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of electrical engineers in Odessa 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 Odessa, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$72,840
25th Percentile Wage
$77,690
50th Percentile Wage
$95,580
75th Percentile Wage
$120,700
90th Percentile Wage
$126,440

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for electrical engineers in Odessa, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $126,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $95,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $72,840.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of electrical engineers from 2012 to 2021.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth9-Year Growth
2021
$95,580
-10.57% -9.06%
2020
$105,680
7.06% -
2019
$98,220
7.47% -
2015
$90,880
-14.70% -
2012
$104,240
- -

Table 2. Compare Electrical Engineer Salary in Odessa with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $95,580 in Odessa is in the middle of salary range for electrical engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of electrical engineers in Odessa is 25.9 percent (25.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 19.2 percent (19.2%) 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 Odessa, Texas.