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Electrical Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 1,010 live Electrical Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
1,010
Employers
307
Remote
6%
Typical pay
$88k–200k
Verified live (7d)
825

Pay is advertised by 53% of these postings (532 of 1,010 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$87k68
3–5 years$108k189
6–9 years$110k129
10+ years$145k71

What skills do electrical engineer jobs ask for?

Across 740 electrical engineer postings that named at least one skill

Professional Engineer is named by 32% of the 740 electrical engineer postings that name any skill. Autodesk AutoCAD follows at 31%.

  • Professional Engineer32%
  • Autodesk AutoCAD31%
  • Autodesk Revit21%
  • ETAP19%
  • The MathWorks MATLAB16%
  • C++11%
  • Altium Designer7.6%
  • SolidWorks4.7%
  • Verilog4.6%
  • MathWorks Simulink4.5%

How much experience do electrical engineer jobs ask for?

Minimum years named in the posting · 876 postings stated one

3–5 years is the most common minimum, named by 41% of the 876 electrical engineer postings that state one.

0–2 years
13%
3–5 years
41%
6–9 years
29%
10+ years
18%

Are electrical engineer jobs remote?

Where the work is done · 581 postings stated one

11% of the 581 electrical engineer postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 30% hybrid and 60% on-site.

Remote
11%
Hybrid
30%
On-site
60%

Do electrical engineer jobs need a degree?

The floor the posting sets · 841 postings stated one

Bachelor's is the most common floor, set by 93% of the 841 electrical engineer postings that state one.

High school
0.6%
Associate
0.6%
Bachelor's
93%
Master's
5.1%
Doctorate
1.1%

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