Pay distribution $56,920 10th $77,750 25th $107,410 75th $125,490 90th
Half of Electrical Engineers in the Wausau metro area earn more than $85,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $77,750 and $107,410.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $56,920 $77,750 $85,210 $107,410 $125,490 Hourly $27.37 $37.38 $40.97 $51.64 $60.33
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Wausau metro areathis metro area
$85,210 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $77,750 to $107,410
$99,700 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $82,200 to $123,120
$120,630 median for United States; middle half earns $92,830 to $152,950
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −15% vs Wisconsin overall and −29% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $72,910 $110,960 $149,010 $187,060 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $72,910 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $75,020 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $83,180 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $83,930 Wausau, WI — $85,210 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $85,730 College Station-Bryan, TX — $88,690 Missoula, MT — $88,770 San Angelo, TX — $91,040 Yuma, AZ — $91,080 Winston-Salem, NC — $91,180 Jefferson City, MO — $92,550 Mansfield, OH — $93,800 Flint, MI — $93,950 Sumter, SC — $94,440 Greenville, NC — $95,060 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $95,150 Jonesboro, AR — $95,250 Fond du Lac, WI — $95,720 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $95,790 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $95,920 Paducah, KY-IL — $95,940 Battle Creek, MI — $95,970 Las Cruces, NM — $96,060 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $96,270 Dalton, GA — $96,730 Medford, OR — $96,750 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $96,790 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $97,180 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $97,250 Bloomington, IN — $97,350 State College, PA — $97,450 Duluth, MN-WI — $97,520 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $97,680 Port St. Lucie, FL — $97,820 Williamsport, PA — $97,890 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $97,960 Elizabethtown, KY — $97,970 Ocala, FL — $97,990 Flagstaff, AZ — $98,030 Clarksville, TN-KY — $98,130 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $98,160 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $98,180 Johnson City, TN — $98,200 Mankato, MN — $98,430 Wichita, KS — $98,480 Columbus, GA-AL — $98,530 Aguadilla, PR — $98,540 Cleveland, OH — $98,550 Lynchburg, VA — $98,670 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $98,870 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $98,900 Bloomington, IL — $98,920 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $98,950 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $98,980 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $99,010 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $99,160 Lafayette, LA — $99,280 Dothan, AL — $99,290 Akron, OH — $99,360 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $99,490 Eau Claire, WI — $99,540 Canton-Massillon, OH — $99,700 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $99,790 Kingston, NY — $99,800 Columbus, IN — $99,960 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $99,960 Bozeman, MT — $100,020 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $100,080 Jackson, TN — $100,190 Morristown, TN — $100,240 Toledo, OH — $100,290 Lincoln, NE — $100,300 Green Bay, WI — $100,310 Fort Wayne, IN — $100,780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $100,810 Casper, WY — $100,820 Bowling Green, KY — $100,860 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $100,870 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $100,900 Sandusky, OH — $100,900 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $100,980 Gainesville, GA — $101,160 Traverse City, MI — $101,210 Goldsboro, NC — $101,260 Rochester, MN — $101,260 Monroe, LA — $101,310 Columbia, SC — $101,320 Bay City, MI — $101,480 Peoria, IL — $101,500 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $101,620 Appleton, WI — $101,670 Kenosha, WI — $101,690 Springfield, IL — $101,940 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $101,990 Florence, SC — $102,010 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $102,110 Columbus, OH — $102,380 Madison, WI — $102,420 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $102,450 Utica-Rome, NY — $102,480 Reading, PA — $102,500 Glens Falls, NY — $102,520 Bangor, ME — $102,610 Joplin, MO-KS — $102,630 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $102,630 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $102,800 Evansville, IN — $102,880 Decatur, IL — $103,030 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $103,080 El Paso, TX — $103,180 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $103,210 Billings, MT — $103,230 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $103,240 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $103,360 Omaha, NE-IA — $103,360 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $103,370 Texarkana, TX-AR — $103,380 Spartanburg, SC — $103,390 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $103,520 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $103,640 Lubbock, TX — $103,650 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $103,720 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $103,740 Ames, IA — $103,750 Fayetteville, NC — $103,940 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $104,040 Chambersburg, PA — $104,050 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $104,210 Rocky Mount, NC — $104,230 Cleveland, TN — $104,280 Dubuque, IA — $104,290 Niles, MI — $104,310 Cedar Rapids, IA — $104,360 Mobile, AL — $104,370 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $104,700 Montgomery, AL — $104,990 Pittsburgh, PA — $104,990 Helena, MT — $105,050 Wilmington, NC — $105,130 Tulsa, OK — $105,180 Victoria, TX — $105,190 Lancaster, PA — $105,210 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $105,230 New Haven, CT — $105,250 Altoona, PA — $105,270 Rapid City, SD — $105,330 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $105,350 Jackson, MS — $105,400 Urban Honolulu, HI — $105,460 Logan, UT-ID — $105,660 Sheboygan, WI — $105,710 Ithaca, NY — $105,840 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $105,910 Amarillo, TX — $106,130 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $106,250 Abilene, TX — $106,340 Kokomo, IN — $106,550 Hattiesburg, MS — $106,620 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $106,640 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $106,760 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $106,840 Iowa City, IA — $107,000 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $107,040 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $107,120 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $107,140 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $107,390 Monroe, MI — $107,400 Wichita Falls, TX — $107,400 York-Hanover, PA — $107,490 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $107,580 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $107,750 Rochester, NY — $108,160 Warner Robins, GA — $108,250 Knoxville, TN — $108,590 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $108,700 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $108,740 Roanoke, VA — $108,930 Waco, TX — $108,940 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $109,100 Ann Arbor, MI — $109,240 Jackson, MI — $109,240 Erie, PA — $109,260 Saginaw, MI — $109,440 Fargo, ND-MN — $109,790 Modesto, CA — $109,970 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $109,990 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $110,030 Longview, TX — $110,130 Reno, NV — $110,280 Pocatello, ID — $110,380 Ogden, UT — $110,520 Springfield, MO — $110,610 Kansas City, MO-KS — $110,740 Bismarck, ND — $110,810 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $110,990 Syracuse, NY — $111,070 Fairbanks-College, AK — $111,090 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $111,200 Tallahassee, FL — $111,210 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $111,230 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $111,310 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $111,380 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $111,500 Odessa, TX — $111,750 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $112,200 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $112,260 Rockford, IL — $112,350 Killeen-Temple, TX — $112,580 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $112,700 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $112,870 Birmingham, AL — $112,960 Springfield, MA — $113,330 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $113,520 Portland-South Portland, ME — $113,760 Terre Haute, IN — $113,840 Tyler, TX — $113,930 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $114,280 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $114,390 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $114,710 Pittsfield, MA — $114,930 Tuscaloosa, AL — $114,980 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $115,030 Albany, GA — $115,210 Wheeling, WV-OH — $115,850 Jacksonville, FL — $116,480 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $116,650 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $116,710 Richmond, VA — $116,760 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $117,230 Tucson, AZ — $117,470 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $117,480 Greeley, CO — $117,990 Colorado Springs, CO — $118,250 Oklahoma City, OK — $118,260 Johnstown, PA — $118,480 Pueblo, CO — $118,520 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $119,020 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $119,080 Bellingham, WA — $119,200 Burlington, NC — $119,650 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $120,070 Walla Walla, WA — $121,120 Savannah, GA — $121,240 Barnstable Town, MA — $121,530 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $121,650 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $122,020 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $122,100 Dover, DE — $122,410 Charlottesville, VA — $122,600 Albany, OR — $122,840 Beckley, WV — $123,450 Asheville, NC — $123,480 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $123,560 Yuba City, CA — $123,700 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $123,840 St. Louis, MO-IL — $123,960 Visalia, CA — $124,010 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $124,390 Decatur, AL — $124,440 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $124,570 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $124,630 Corpus Christi, TX — $124,800 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $125,120 Salem, OR — $125,270 Topeka, KS — $125,330 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $125,560 Binghamton, NY — $126,010 Redding, CA — $126,170 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $126,420 Salinas, CA — $126,460 Anchorage, AK — $126,730 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $126,800 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $126,960 Bend, OR — $127,090 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $127,270 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $127,370 Midland, TX — $127,420 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $127,730 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $128,080 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $128,190 Longview-Kelso, WA — $128,340 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $128,340 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $128,610 Lexington Park, MD — $128,900 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $128,960 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $129,030 Charleston, WV — $129,250 Worcester, MA — $129,720 Boise City, ID — $129,790 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $129,880 Lake Charles, LA — $129,940 Boulder, CO — $130,170 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $130,240 Huntsville, AL — $130,330 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $131,070 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $131,080 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $131,330 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $132,930 Baton Rouge, LA — $133,030 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $133,560 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $134,640 Fresno, CA — $134,780 Idaho Falls, ID — $136,100 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $136,190 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $136,240 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $137,030 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $139,780 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $140,210 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $145,360 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $159,360 Vallejo, CA — $160,060 Albuquerque, NM — $163,720 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $164,880 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $166,030 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $167,010 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $187,060 Wausau metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Wausau metro area has the 313th-highest published median for this occupation among the 317 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for electrical engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Wausau metro areathis page
$85,210 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $77,750 to $107,410
$107,140 median for Janesville metro area; middle half earns $89,090 to $120,120
$106,640 median for La Crosse metro area; middle half earns $83,850 to $123,000
$105,710 median for Sheboygan metro area; middle half earns $84,050 to $123,450
$102,420 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $91,770 to $128,490
$101,690 median for Kenosha metro area; middle half earns $78,430 to $121,330
$101,670 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $81,120 to $115,690
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .