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Electronics Engineers

SOC 17-2072

Design electronic components and integrated circuits.

The job
Median pay
$130k
$102k to $168k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.7% projected
Openings a year
4.9k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
73rd pct
More exposed than 73% of occupations · modeled estimate · 84th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
56/100

At a glance

The $130,220 median for Electronics Engineers runs 94% above the typical occupation we cover, and 24% above the median across Architecture & Engineering. Modeled AI exposure sits at the 73rd percentile, with displacement risk rated high and works-with-AI at 5/100, closer to displacement than to help. BLS projects about 4,900 openings a year. Getting in usually takes a bachelor's degree. Looking to 2035, the projected change for Electronics Engineers is +3.7%, close to the typical occupation we cover. Annual openings here are about 4 times those for Chemical Engineers.

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California20,8301.11.8×$161k
Texas9,5200.71.1×$132k
Colorado6,0802.13.4×$127k
Massachusetts5,9101.62.6×$138k
Florida5,2800.50.8×$117k
Maryland3,3901.22.0×$156k
Virginia3,2800.81.3×$120k
Ohio3,2400.60.9×$119k
Michigan2,9600.71.1×$127k
Georgia2,6300.50.9×$123k
All 50 states and DC
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New York2,2200.20.4×$119k
Arizona2,1000.61.0×$118k
North Carolina2,0900.40.7×$116k
Washington1,9500.50.9×$130k
Alabama1,9400.91.5×$121k
New Jersey1,8200.40.7×$159k
Oregon1,7300.91.4×$124k
Utah1,5700.91.4×$128k
Pennsylvania1,4400.20.4×$121k
Indiana1,4200.40.7×$112k
Oklahoma1,4100.81.3×$109k
Minnesota1,2000.40.7×$112k
Connecticut1,1300.71.1×$106k
New Mexico1,1101.32.0×$137k
South Carolina1,0300.40.7×$114k
Rhode Island9701.93.1×$136k
Illinois9600.20.3×$129k
Kentucky8600.40.7×$102k
Kansas7700.50.9×$104k
Missouri7400.30.4×$118k
Tennessee7400.20.4×$123k
Idaho5000.60.9×$103k
Louisiana4500.20.4×$100k
Washington DC4000.60.9×$157k
Maine392 (estimated)0.6 (estimated)1.0× (estimated)$127k
Nevada3600.20.4×$116k
Wisconsin3600.10.2×$94k
Iowa3500.20.4×$81k
New Hampshire3200.50.8×$105k
Hawaii3100.50.8×$127k
Nebraska2500.20.4×$91k
Delaware207 (estimated)0.4 (estimated)0.7× (estimated)$131k (estimated)
South Dakota1900.40.7×$84k
Alaska1800.60.9×$107k
Mississippi1600.10.2×$112k
Arkansas1500.10.2×$110k
Montana1400.30.4×$93k
Wyoming1100.40.6×$96k
West Virginia900.10.2×$120k
Vermont700.20.4×$86k
North Dakota500.10.2×$105k

Top metro areas

  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA5,970 jobs · $194k median
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH5,460 jobs · $143k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,880 jobs · $141k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,200 jobs · $135k median
  5. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO3,810 jobs · $127k median
  6. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA3,450 jobs · $156k median
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,690 jobs · $140k median
  8. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI2,310 jobs · $129k median

Where this ranks

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.