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Electrical Engineers
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Electrical Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics In demand
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

  • Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.

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.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Programs to get you there

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Where this information came from

  • Annual labor market information provided by Washington's Employment Security Department
  • Career information and video provided by U.S. Department of Labor
  • Notes on occupational data methodology