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Electrical Engineers
Research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.
What an electrical engineer does
Become an electrical engineer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good electrical engineer
- Writing things for co-workers or customers.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $59 per hour with an average salary of $121,900 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $47 and $66 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $98,700 and $137,600 per year.
Electrical Engineer job outlook
- There are 7,527 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 721 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.