Becoming an Electrical Design Engineer via Online Education?

At the very least, online education can help you lay a foundation and/or open up alternate career paths. DeVry University, one of the highest ranking online schools, is a US school (accredited) offering electrical engineering courses to train individuals to become top-notch electrical engineers, electrical technologists, electrical design engineers, electrical controls engineers, electrical designers, etc. Currently, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 151,660 people employed as electrical engineers alone in America, and their average annual salary is $86,250. Colleges and universities like DeVry University that provide online education are successfully launching workers into this field.

Electrical Design Engineer Salary Information

Category: Electrical engineers

Total # Employed in the US 151,660
Average Hourly Wage: $41.47/hr
Hourly Wage Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$25.73 $31.6 $39.96 $50.03 $60.97
Average Yearly Salary $86,250
Yearly Salary Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$53,510 $65,720 $83,110 $104,060 $126,810
Employment Demographics
% OF WORKERS WITH
< High School Diploma High School Diploma Some College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Master Degree Doctoral Degree
0.2% 4.1% 9.2% 8.9% 50.1% 22.5% 5.0%
Electrical engineers — WAGES BY STATE, SORTED BY SALARY
STATEAverage Hourly WageAverage Annual Salary
Missouri $48.43/hr $100,740
Alaska $48.2/hr $100,250
Colorado $46.75/hr $97,250
Florida $46.37/hr $96,440
Michigan $45.34/hr $94,310
Wyoming $44.39/hr $92,330
District of Columbia $43.94/hr $91,400
Mississippi $43.52/hr $90,520
Tennessee $43.02/hr $89,480
Arkansas $42.48/hr $88,360
North Carolina $42.31/hr $88,010
Kansas $41.7/hr $86,740
Massachusetts $41.45/hr $86,220
Oklahoma $41.27/hr $85,840
Virginia $41.25/hr $85,800
North Dakota $40.98/hr $85,240
Ohio $40.61/hr $84,480
Iowa $40.58/hr $84,410
Nebraska $40.49/hr $84,220
Alabama $40.42/hr $84,060
Idaho $40.35/hr $83,930
New York $40.35/hr $83,930
Indiana $40.21/hr $83,640
Utah $40.01/hr $83,230
Delaware $39.91/hr $83,010
Wisconsin $39.74/hr $82,660
Connecticut $39.71/hr $82,590
Puerto Rico $39.53/hr $82,210
Guam $38.64/hr $80,380
Washington $38.38/hr $79,840
Oregon $38.17/hr $79,400
California $37.97/hr $78,970
Montana $37.97/hr $78,980
Louisiana $37.79/hr $78,600
New Hampshire $37.77/hr $78,570
Maryland $37.52/hr $78,030
Hawaii $37.39/hr $77,760
Maine $36.62/hr $76,170
New Mexico $36.52/hr $75,960
Kentucky $36.42/hr $75,750
Pennsylvania $35.78/hr $74,430
South Carolina $35.65/hr $74,160
Nevada $35.56/hr $73,970
South Dakota $35.24/hr $73,290
West Virginia $31.6/hr $65,720
New Jersey $29.72/hr $61,810


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