# Electrical Engineer Salary United States: $145k median (2026)

> electrical engineer salary United States - based on 1,399 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $145k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $118k - $177k
- **Based on:** 416 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (division 71, 218 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 182 open)
- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 160 open)
- Manufacture of other transport equipment (division 30, 135 open)
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (division 28, 96 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 88 open)

## Top companies hiring

- Leidos (20 open)
- Raytheon (19 open)
- L3Harris Technologies (18 open)
- Applied Materials (17 open)
- Burns & McDonnell (16 open)
- Amazon (16 open)
- Anduril Industries (12 open)
- Northrop Grumman (12 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Electrical Engineer (Data Centres)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/electrical-engineer-data-centres-at-lvi-associates-4445918416) - LVI Associates - Dallas, TX
- [HV/MV Electrical Engineer, Capacity Delivery](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/hv-mv-electrical-engineer-capacity-delivery-at-fluidstack-4372584853) - Fluidstack - Austin, TX - $169K - $208K
- [Senior Electrical Engineer - Payload Systems](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-electrical-engineer-payload-systems-at-xona-4445660072) - Xona - Burlingame, CA
- [Senior Electrical Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-electrical-engineer-at-hdr-4329137208) - HDR - New York, NY - $145,950-208,500
- [Senior Electrical Engineer - Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-electrical-engineer-battery-energy-storage-systems-bess-at-hdr-4417509676) - HDR - Austin, TX - $122,815 - $199,375
- [Data Center Electrical Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-center-electrical-engineer-at-google-4417173083) - Google - New York, NY
- [Staff Electrical Engineer - Water/Wastewater 1](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-electrical-engineer-water-wastewater-1-at-black-veatch-4418473531) - Black & Veatch - Irvine, CA - $126,423.00 - $239,925.00
- [Director, Electrical Engineering](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/director-electrical-engineering-at-stack-infrastructure-4414029940) - STACK Infrastructure - Denver, CO - $197,600.00 - $221,300.00
- [Electrical Engineer, Sustainment](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/electrical-engineer-sustainment-at-anduril-industries-4409090155) - Anduril Industries - Irvine, CA - $129,000—$171,000
- [Data Center Infrastructure Electrical Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-center-infrastructure-electrical-engineer-at-openai-4417163254) - OpenAI - San Francisco, CA - $257K - $327K
- [Senior Electrical Engineer, Sentry Hardware](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-electrical-engineer-sentry-hardware-at-anduril-industries-4399825413) - Anduril Industries - Irvine, CA - $146,000—$194,000
- [Electrical Engineer – Protection, Controls & Microgrid Systems](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/electrical-engineer-%E2%80%93-protection-controls-microgrid-systems-at-premier-resources-group-prg-4428117542) - Premier Resources Group (PRG) - Houston, TX

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