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Electrical Engineers pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Waco, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical Engineers is $187,060 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $108,940 per year in Waco, TX. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 71.7% above Waco, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,160 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 140 in Waco, TX. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings