# Electrical Engineer Salary Lead: $184k median (2026)

> lead electrical engineer salary - based on 209 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $184k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $152k - $212k
- **Based on:** 74 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (division 71, 40 open)
- Manufacture of other transport equipment (division 30, 36 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 21 open)
- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 16 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 14 open)
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (division 28, 14 open)

## Top companies hiring

- Burns & McDonnell (10 open)
- Raytheon (9 open)
- Collins Aerospace (5 open)
- Aurecon (5 open)
- Leidos (5 open)
- L3Harris Technologies (4 open)
- Cubit Capital (4 open)
- SpaceX (3 open)

## Sample live roles

- [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
- [Staff Electrical Engineer - Water/Wastewater](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-electrical-engineer-water-wastewater-at-black-veatch-4418470592) - Black & Veatch - Overland Park, KS
- [Principal Electrical Engineer, ASIC Lead (Extensive ASIC Experience Required)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=41ce1d91c35649f8) - Med Device QA - San Diego, CA - $160,000 - $260,000 a year
- [Lead Electrical Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=037973e236bbdf24) - Summit Careers Inc - Pittsfield, MA - $80,000 - $110,000 a year
- [Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - CPTL (Onsite)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6ab231f7a6155da8) - Collins Aerospace - Largo, FL - $132,400 - $251,600 a year
- [LEAD ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (ELECTRICAL ENGINEER V)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6d38243ec73f353d) - State of Illinois - Springfield, IL - $6,837 - $10,831 a month
- [Principal Electrical Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3b8b2b9068c2c27e) - SMT INC - Raleigh, NC
- [Principal Electrical Engineering Section Leader](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=84de3b508eda2644) - Raytheon - Tucson, AZ - $107,500 - $204,500 a year
- [Lead Electrical Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f7eb0722f85ec0e0) - Hatch - Houston, TX
- [Lead Electrical Engineer, Smartglasses](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-electrical-engineer-smartglasses-at-meta-4417059820) - Meta - Sunnyvale, CA - $173,000
- [Principal Electrical Engineer - FPGA Design](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/principal-electrical-engineer-fpga-design-at-raytheon-4436497593) - Raytheon - Marlborough, MA

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