Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,306
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$29,964
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,395
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$130,270
Kept after tax
$100,306
Worth in national money
$92,395
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $130,270, which ranks 9 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 0.04% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Washington. It ranks 48 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $130,270, tax leaves $100,306 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $92,395 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $138,310, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington ranks 9 of 50 states publishing a median for electronics engineers, except computer, at $130,270 — about 0.04% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Washington, electronics engineers, except computer ranks 48 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $100,306 remains from the Washington median of $130,270 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $92,395 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $138,310 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $208,130 |
| This salary | $130,270 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $100,306 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,306 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,827 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $130,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,196 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $130,270. The published range is $81,730 up to $208,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $100,306, worked from $130,270. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 48 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $92,395, the adjusted value of that $130,270 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 48 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electronics engineers, except computer in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $81,730 to $208,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Washington take-home of $100,306, on $130,270 for work ranking 48 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 48 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $92,395 — the adjusted value of that $130,270 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 48 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $138,310 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $81,730, the highest tenth $208,130, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $92,395 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $100,306 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $138,310. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($81,730) and the ninetieth ($208,130) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $92,395 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $100,306 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.