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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · SOC 17-2072

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Salary in the Wilmington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Wilmington, NC metro area

Figures describe the Wilmington, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Wilmington city limits.

Median annual wage$92,650
Median hourly wage$44.54

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in the Wilmington, NC metro area earned a median of $92,650 per year ($44.54 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $79,110 at the 10th percentile to $133,330 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in the Wilmington metro area earn more than $92,650 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $89,200 and $114,690.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$79,110$89,200$92,650$114,690$133,330
Hourly$38.03$42.89$44.54$55.14$64.10

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.

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How this area compares

  • Wilmington metro areathis metro area
    $92,650
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $115,920
  • United Statesnational
    $130,220

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −20% vs North Carolina overall and −29% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$80,110$118,197$156,283$194,370Aguadilla, PR — $80,110Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $81,330Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $81,350San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $82,300Omaha, NE-IA — $84,420Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $84,540Madison, WI — $86,330Pueblo, CO — $88,040Columbia, SC — $88,380Evansville, IN — $89,710Cedar Rapids, IA — $90,490Asheville, NC — $91,240Wilmington, NC — $92,650York-Hanover, PA — $93,130Gainesville, FL — $93,400Tyler, TX — $93,510Lafayette, LA — $95,560Corpus Christi, TX — $95,580Montgomery, AL — $96,280Lincoln, NE — $96,300Youngstown-Warren, OH — $96,780Kennewick-Richland, WA — $96,890Eugene-Springfield, OR — $97,430Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $97,680Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $97,900Wichita, KS — $99,310New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $99,990Rochester, NY — $100,570Springfield, MA — $101,020Greensboro-High Point, NC — $101,200Fort Wayne, IN — $101,570Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $101,710Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $101,720Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $102,010Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $102,060Tulsa, OK — $102,350Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $102,380Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $102,510Richmond, VA — $102,750Boise City, ID — $102,770Tucson, AZ — $102,950Toledo, OH — $103,470Naples-Marco Island, FL — $104,000Roanoke, VA — $104,150Lexington-Fayette, KY — $104,490San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $104,570Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $104,690Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $104,960Akron, OH — $105,030Anchorage, AK — $105,870Fresno, CA — $106,290El Paso, TX — $106,560Worcester, MA — $106,800Charlottesville, VA — $106,980Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $107,020Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $107,630Modesto, CA — $107,960Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $107,990Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $108,350Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $108,860Manchester-Nashua, NH — $109,080Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $109,220Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $110,830Columbus, OH — $110,970Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $111,800Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $112,140Oklahoma City, OK — $112,310Canton-Massillon, OH — $112,380Binghamton, NY — $112,850Kansas City, MO-KS — $113,090Jacksonville, FL — $113,620Winston-Salem, NC — $113,840Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $113,930Warner Robins, GA — $113,980Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $114,400Salem, OR — $114,550Las Cruces, NM — $114,590Mobile, AL — $114,610Port St. Lucie, FL — $115,330Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $115,530Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $116,340Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $116,500Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $116,500Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $116,630Tuscaloosa, AL — $116,660Rochester, MN — $117,010Greeley, CO — $117,050Billings, MT — $117,160Cleveland, OH — $117,480Waco, TX — $117,700Killeen-Temple, TX — $117,830Knoxville, TN — $118,020Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $118,470Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $118,480Spartanburg, SC — $118,760Chattanooga, TN-GA — $119,180Colorado Springs, CO — $119,330Pittsburgh, PA — $119,930St. Louis, MO-IL — $120,020Birmingham, AL — $120,050Ogden, UT — $120,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $120,740Ocala, FL — $121,250Syracuse, NY — $121,260Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $121,730Baton Rouge, LA — $125,260Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $125,570Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $125,650Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $125,800Urban Honolulu, HI — $126,050Reno, NV — $126,140North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $126,830Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $127,260Portland-South Portland, ME — $127,280Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $127,340Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $127,570Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $127,610Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $127,900Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $128,220Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $128,650Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $129,330Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $129,420Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $129,540Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $129,630New Haven, CT — $129,670Vallejo, CA — $129,850Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $130,530College Station-Bryan, TX — $130,820Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $130,940Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $131,090San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $131,160Bloomington, IL — $131,260Midland, TX — $132,060Boulder, CO — $132,230Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $132,750Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $132,870Huntsville, AL — $133,330Utica-Rome, NY — $133,370Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $133,390Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $135,000Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $135,150Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $135,350Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $135,410Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $135,710Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $135,810Ann Arbor, MI — $136,560Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $138,890Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $140,000Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $140,530Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $141,720Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $142,460Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $142,920New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $144,930Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $147,180Albuquerque, NM — $153,900Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $155,680San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $156,480Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $156,520Lexington Park, MD — $156,750San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $162,440Raleigh-Cary, NC — $162,800Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $162,960Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $172,290Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $182,840San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $194,370

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 Wilmington metro area has the 153rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 165 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 North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for electronics engineers, except computer, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Wilmington metro areathis page
    $92,650
  • Raleigh metro area
    $162,800
  • Durham metro area
    $155,680
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $113,840
  • Charlotte metro area
    $107,630
  • Greensboro metro area
    $101,200
  • Asheville metro area
    $91,240

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$94,450Industrial Engineers$99,540Electrical Engineers$105,130Surveying and Mapping Technicians$50,670Mechanical Engineers$101,100Surveyors$72,160

Highest-paying metro areas for electronics engineers, except computers · Highest-paying occupations in Wilmington Metro

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.

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.