Pay from Boeing's own postings
Boeing Electrical Engineer Salary
Boeing's 10 open roles for electrical engineers post a median $178k/yr, typically $159k–$226k/yr, from 9 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.
Against other pay
- Highest posted top
- $239k/yr
- Digital Electronics Circuit & Unit Hardware Design Engineer (Lead or Senior)
Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.
Boeing electrical engineer pay by level
| Level the title names | Open roles | Median | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry, associate or level I | 1 | Too few figures | |
| Senior | 1 | Too few figures | |
| Lead | 4 | $169k/yr | $156k–$234k/yr |
| Manager | 3 | $178k/yr | $178k–$205k/yr |
| Title names no level | 1 | Too few figures |
A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.
Where Boeing hires electrical engineers
- El Segundo, CA8 roles, median $178k/yr
- Berkeley, MO1 role
- Huntsville, AL1 role
Open Boeing roles for electrical engineers, highest pay first
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTC
Digital Electronics Circuit & Unit Hardware Design Engineer (Lead or Senior) (opens the job details)
$146,200–$239,200/yr- $136,850–$223,100/yr
- $151,300–$204,700/yr
Boeing · Mechanical · El Segundo, CA· 1w agoDetails
$151,300–$204,700/yrManager - Mechanical Product Design Engineering (RF Space Electronics) (opens the job details)
Boeing · Mechanical · El Segundo, CA· 1w agoDetails
$151,300–$204,700/yr- $119,850–$197,800/yr
- $146,200–$197,800/yr
- $112,200–$185,150/yr
- $76,050–$106,950/yr
More Boeing salaries by profession
- Software Engineer, median $149k/yr
- Systems Engineer, median $149k/yr
- RF or Communications Engineer, median $116k/yr
Electrical Engineer salaries at other space companies
- SpaceX, median $140k/yr
- Blue Origin, median $173k/yr
- Lockheed Martin, median $158k/yr
- Amazon Leo, median $162k/yr
- Northrop Grumman, median $133k/yr
- CesiumAstro, median $174k/yr
- K2 Space, median $171k/yr
- Rocket Lab, median $124k/yr
- Impulse Space, median $148k/yr
- Relativity Space, median $185k/yr
- Vast, median $156k/yr
- E-Space, median $175k/yr
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Questions about Boeing pay for electrical engineers
How much does Boeing pay electrical engineers?
Boeing's open roles for electrical engineers post a median $178k/yr, typically $159k–$226k/yr, from 9 distinct pay figures in 9 of its 10 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $239k/yr, for Digital Electronics Circuit & Unit Hardware Design Engineer (Lead or Senior).
What does Boeing pay electrical engineers at each level?
By the level each title names: lead: a median $169k/yr (4 roles); manager: a median $178k/yr (3 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.
Does Boeing pay electrical engineers more than other space companies?
Boeing's median, $178k/yr, is 13% above the $157k/yr median of the 1,543 open roles for electrical engineers at every space company we read (Boeing's among them).
Do electrical engineers earn more than other roles at Boeing?
Boeing's roles for electrical engineers post a median $178k/yr, 25% above the $142k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Boeing salaries compares every kind of work).
How does Boeing's pay for electrical engineers compare with the national wage?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of electrical engineers at $121k/yr (May 2025); Boeing's posted median, $178k/yr, is 48% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.
Where does Boeing hire electrical engineers?
Its open roles for electrical engineers are in El Segundo, CA (8), Berkeley, MO (1) and Huntsville, AL (1).