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Viasat Electrical Engineer Salary

Viasat's 16 open roles for electrical engineers post a median $163k/yr, typically $145k–$224k/yr, from 12 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Viasat role
median $156k/yr
Viasat's electrical engineers: 4% above it
Electrical engineers at every space company
median $157k/yr
Viasat: 4% above it
All US electrical engineers, May 2025
median $121k/yr
Viasat's postings: 35% above it
Highest posted top
$246k/yr
Senior Hardware-FPGA Engineer- Space

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.

Viasat electrical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior7$181k/yr$155k–$237k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Title names no level8$153k/yr$129k–$210k/yr

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 Viasat hires electrical engineers

  • Tempe, AZ8 roles, median $173k/yr
  • Carlsbad, CA3 roles, median $128k/yr
  • Georgia3 roles, median $155k/yr
  • Switzerland3 roles
  • Arizona2 roles
  • California2 roles
  • Colorado2 roles
  • Maryland2 roles
  • Marlborough, MA1 role

Open Viasat roles for electrical engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Questions about Viasat pay for electrical engineers

How much does Viasat pay electrical engineers?

Viasat's open roles for electrical engineers post a median $163k/yr, typically $145k–$224k/yr, from 12 distinct pay figures in 12 of its 16 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 $246k/yr, for Senior Hardware-FPGA Engineer- Space.

What does Viasat pay electrical engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $181k/yr (7 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Viasat pay electrical engineers more than other space companies?

Viasat's median, $163k/yr, is 4% above the $157k/yr median of the 1,547 open roles for electrical engineers at every space company we read (Viasat's among them).

Do electrical engineers earn more than other roles at Viasat?

Viasat's roles for electrical engineers post a median $163k/yr, 4% above the $156k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Viasat salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Viasat'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); Viasat's posted median, $163k/yr, is 35% 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 Viasat hire electrical engineers?

Its open roles for electrical engineers are in Tempe, AZ (8), Carlsbad, CA (3), Georgia (3), Switzerland (3) and Arizona (2). By place, they post a median of $173k/yr in Tempe, AZ, $128k/yr in Carlsbad, CA and $155k/yr in Georgia.