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Electrical Engineers

Salary benchmarks based on 573 public records across 10 cities.

What do Electrical Engineers do?

Research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. Excludes “Computer Hardware Engineers” (17-2061).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 17-2071)

Avg experience: 5 years

Salary Overview

Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 573 data points.

$129K

P25

$145K

Median

$165K

P75

P25 $129K Median $145K P75 $165K

Top Paying Cities

Palo Alto, CA
$209K n=18 Mountain View, CA
$198K n=21 Santa Clara, CA
$188K n=38 Cupertino, CA
$187K n=39 Sunnyvale, CA
$187K n=40 Redmond, WA
$177K n=22 Folsom, CA
$161K n=14 San Jose, CA
$160K n=38 San Francisco, CA
$148K n=10 Irvine, CA
$147K n=10

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Last updated: 2026-06-08