Career
Electronics engineers, except computer
Design the electronics inside nearly everything.
$130,220
Median pay
+3.7%
Job growth, 2025–35
4,900
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Design electronic components, software, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, or scientific applications.
- Operate computer-assisted engineering or design software or equipment to perform electronics engineering tasks.
- Evaluate project work to ensure effectiveness, technical adequacy, or compatibility in the resolution of complex electronics engineering problems.
- Direct or coordinate activities concerned with manufacture, construction, installation, maintenance, operation, or modification of electronic equipment, products, or systems.
- Confer with engineers, customers, vendors, or others to discuss existing or potential electronics engineering projects or products.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then ideas & analysis?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Design electronic components, software, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, or scientific applications.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Speaking.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
4 years of education after high school (bachelor's degree), for a median of $130,220 a year and 4,900 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Electrical EngineeringSee the degree →
- Electrical and Electronics EngineeringCIP 14.1001
- Telecommunications EngineeringCIP 14.1004
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, OtherCIP 14.1099
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,190 · +2.4%
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,090 · +0.3%
- Electrical Engineers$120,630 · +9.9%
- Microsystems Engineers
- Mechatronics Engineers
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.