Electrical Engineer salary in Vermont

Official occupation: 17-2071 Electrical Engineers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Vermont, the median electrical engineer earns $111,310 a year, 8% below the United States median of $120,630.

It ranks 23rd of 49 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $81,040 and the 90th at $175,710 (a ratio of 2.2).

Vermont has 820 of these jobs, a location quotient of 2.11: the role is 111% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in Vermont is $56,390, so this role pays 2.0 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureVermontNational
Median annual pay Observed$111,310United States: $120,630
Mean annual pay Observed$122,250United States: $125,100
10th percentile Observed$81,040United States: $76,550
25th percentile Observed$91,960United States: $92,830
75th percentile Observed$138,270United States: $152,950
90th percentile Observed$175,710United States: $184,300
Median hourly pay Observed$53.51United States: $58.00
Employment (jobs) Observed820
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.691
Location quotient Observed2.11
Difference from United States median ($120,630) Derived−8%
Rank among 49 states Derived23
Ratio to Vermont all-occupation median ($56,390) Derived1.97×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.17

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 21. West Virginia$113,420
  2. 22. Wyoming$111,740
  3. 23. Vermont$111,310
  4. 24. Pennsylvania$110,820
  5. 25. North Dakota$110,810

Largest cities in Vermont: Burlington, South Burlington, Colchester, Rutland (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.