Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Electrical Engineering Technicians
Electrical Engineering Technicians test or modify developmental or operational electrical machinery or electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants or laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineers or technologists.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Electrical Engineering Technicians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $40,170 to $52,520 per year or $19 to $25 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Electrical Engineering Technicians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $48 | $99,810 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $39 | $81,430 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $32 | $67,550 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $25 | $52,520 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $19 | $40,170 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
AK | $41 | $86,170 |
DC | $40 | $82,850 |
HI | $39 | $80,310 |
VA | $37 | $76,910 |
MD | $37 | $76,250 |
WY | $37 | $75,910 |
CA | $35 | $73,810 |
WA | $35 | $73,390 |
CO | $35 | $71,860 |
RI | $34 | $71,050 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as an Electrical Engineering Technician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Electrical Technicians are in the states of AK, DC, HI, VA and MD.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Natural Gas Distribution | $91600 | $44.04 |
Federal Executive Branch | $90330 | $43.43 |
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers | $85800 | $41.25 |
Technical and Trade Schools | $84350 | $40.55 |
Specialized Design Services | $83470 | $40.13 |
Waste Treatment and Disposal | $80310 | $38.61 |
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $79660 | $38.30 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $79360 | $38.16 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $76460 | $36.76 |
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | $75820 | $36.45 |
Radio and Television Broadcasting | $75580 | $36.34 |
Chemical Manufacturing | $75560 | $36.33 |
Oil and Gas Extraction | $75230 | $36.17 |
Metal Ore Mining | $74930 | $36.02 |
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing | $74460 | $35.80 |
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil | $74250 | $35.70 |
Support Activities for Air Transportation | $73850 | $35.51 |
Local Government | $73600 | $35.38 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $72870 | $35.04 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $72170 | $34.70 |
Postal Service (Federal Government) | $72070 | $34.65 |
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | $71930 | $34.58 |
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $71560 | $34.41 |
Warehousing and Storage | $71460 | $34.35 |
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing | $71270 | $34.26 |
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $71060 | $34.16 |
Utility System Construction | $70730 | $34.00 |
Nonresidential Building Construction | $70700 | $33.99 |
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills | $69570 | $33.45 |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $69500 | $33.41 |