Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · SOC 17-2072

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electronics Engineers, Except Computers

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electronics engineers, except computer. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 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 165 metro areas

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer: 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	$194,370	5,970	5.3
2	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$182,840	30	0.3
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$172,290	290	1.4
4	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$162,960	1,960	1.5
5	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$162,800	510	0.7
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$162,440	2,000	0.8
7	Lexington Park, MD	$156,750	580	8.2
8	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$156,520	1,880	1.4
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$156,480	3,450	2.2
10	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$155,680	290	0.8
11	Albuquerque, NM	$153,900	500	1.2
12	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$147,180	830	2.6
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$144,930	2,300	0.2
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$142,920	5,460	2.0
15	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$142,460	900	0.8
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$141,720	90	0.2
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$140,530	4,880	0.8
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$140,000	2,690	0.9
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$138,890	1,350	0.6
20	Ann Arbor, MI	$136,560	130	0.6
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$135,810	160	0.8
22	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$135,710	60	0.3
23	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$135,410	450	1.2
24	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$135,350	1,400	0.5
25	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$135,150	4,200	1.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 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.