Electrical Engineers · SOC 17-2071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electrical Engineerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electrical engineers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (8 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 317 metro areas

Electrical Engineers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$187,060	4,160	3.7
2	Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$167,010	50	0.5
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$166,030	2,470	1.0
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$164,880	100	0.5
5	Albuquerque, NM	$163,720	1,280	3.2
6	Vallejo, CA	$160,060	150	1.0
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$159,360	1,050	5.2
8	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$145,360	4,070	3.1
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$140,210	4,930	2.4
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$139,780	8,970	1.4
11	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$137,030	70	0.9
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$136,240	100	0.9
13	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$136,190	1,420	1.3
14	Idaho Falls, ID	$136,100	130	1.6
15	Fresno, CA	$134,780	400	0.8
16	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$134,640	230	1.1
17	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$133,560	90	0.9
18	Baton Rouge, LA	$133,030	350	0.9
19	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$132,930	80	1.5
20	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	$131,330	50	0.9
21	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$131,080	160	0.5
22	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$131,070	5,770	1.8
23	Huntsville, AL	$130,330	2,190	8.2
24	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$130,240	1,500	2.0
25	Boulder, CO	$130,170	530	2.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electrical Engineers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.