Senior design engineers make $102,385 per year on average, or $49.22 per hour, in the United States. Senior design engineers on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $77,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $136,000.
Location impacts how much a senior design engineer can expect to make. Senior design engineers make the most in California, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, and Hawaii.
The darker areas on the map show where senior design engineers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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1 | California | $126,584 | $60.86 | 9,750 |
2 | Utah | $120,320 | $57.85 | 585 |
3 | Arizona | $107,337 | $51.60 | 1,297 |
4 | Washington | $106,655 | $51.28 | 1,833 |
5 | Idaho | $113,837 | $54.73 | 231 |
6 | District of Columbia | $111,753 | $53.73 | 449 |
7 | Oregon | $104,101 | $50.05 | 1,034 |
8 | Wyoming | $99,534 | $47.85 | 92 |
9 | New Mexico | $112,780 | $54.22 | 206 |
10 | Texas | $99,913 | $48.04 | 3,081 |
11 | Hawaii | $110,833 | $53.29 | 121 |
12 | Colorado | $96,317 | $46.31 | 1,282 |
13 | Massachusetts | $95,942 | $46.13 | 1,899 |
14 | Nevada | $102,609 | $49.33 | 236 |
15 | North Dakota | $98,755 | $47.48 | 114 |
16 | West Virginia | $99,494 | $47.83 | 132 |
17 | Louisiana | $102,738 | $49.39 | 239 |
18 | Montana | $94,096 | $45.24 | 148 |
19 | Alabama | $89,532 | $43.04 | 630 |
20 | Connecticut | $91,852 | $44.16 | 578 |
21 | Rhode Island | $90,053 | $43.29 | 172 |
22 | Florida | $91,157 | $43.83 | 1,983 |
23 | Georgia | $89,053 | $42.81 | 1,282 |
24 | Illinois | $88,998 | $42.79 | 1,630 |
25 | New Hampshire | $87,794 | $42.21 | 246 |
26 | Virginia | $87,592 | $42.11 | 1,883 |
27 | Delaware | $86,738 | $41.70 | 240 |
28 | Maryland | $87,922 | $42.27 | 1,087 |
29 | Michigan | $80,218 | $38.57 | 1,124 |
30 | New York | $85,434 | $41.07 | 1,951 |
31 | Alaska | $83,383 | $40.09 | 118 |
32 | New Jersey | $88,339 | $42.47 | 854 |
33 | Tennessee | $84,794 | $40.77 | 420 |
34 | Maine | $84,677 | $40.71 | 136 |
35 | Nebraska | $83,094 | $39.95 | 227 |
36 | North Carolina | $79,847 | $38.39 | 1,215 |
37 | Minnesota | $79,806 | $38.37 | 940 |
38 | Oklahoma | $83,165 | $39.98 | 219 |
39 | Wisconsin | $79,288 | $38.12 | 665 |
40 | South Carolina | $81,954 | $39.40 | 390 |
41 | Iowa | $75,505 | $36.30 | 456 |
42 | Indiana | $75,527 | $36.31 | 793 |
43 | Vermont | $73,409 | $35.29 | 124 |
44 | Ohio | $75,214 | $36.16 | 997 |
45 | Kansas | $74,695 | $35.91 | 336 |
46 | Arkansas | $74,439 | $35.79 | 232 |
47 | Mississippi | $77,134 | $37.08 | 128 |
48 | Missouri | $75,395 | $36.25 | 530 |
49 | Pennsylvania | $71,655 | $34.45 | 1,235 |
50 | South Dakota | $72,949 | $35.07 | 88 |
51 | Kentucky | $71,642 | $34.44 | 290 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | San Francisco, CA | $129,326 | $62.18 |
2 | Phoenix, AZ | $107,744 | $51.80 |
3 | Seattle, WA | $106,693 | $51.29 |
4 | Sugar Land, TX | $101,641 | $48.87 |
5 | Colorado Springs, CO | $97,036 | $46.65 |
6 | East Hartford, CT | $91,790 | $44.13 |
7 | Orlando, FL | $91,659 | $44.07 |
8 | Peoria, IL | $88,462 | $42.53 |
9 | Arlington, VA | $87,718 | $42.17 |
10 | Decatur, AL | $86,008 | $41.35 |
11 | New York, NY | $85,676 | $41.19 |
12 | Wilmington, NC | $81,072 | $38.98 |
13 | Troy, MI | $80,281 | $38.60 |
14 | Columbus, IN | $75,308 | $36.21 |
15 | Columbus, OH | $75,037 | $36.08 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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90th Percentile | $136,000 | $11,333 | $65 |
75th Percentile | $118,000 | $9,833 | $57 |
Average | $102,385 | $8,532 | $49 |
25th Percentile | $88,000 | $7,333 | $42 |
10th Percentile | $77,000 | $6,417 | $37 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
---|---|---|---|---|
Principal Engineer | $132,282 | $11,023 | $63.60 | 312,683 |
Staff Engineer | $113,160 | $9,430 | $54.40 | 277,011 |
Lead Engineer | $89,605 | $7,467 | $43.08 | 301,777 |
Integration Engineer | $102,839 | $8,570 | $49.44 | 103,437 |
Service Engineer | $90,470 | $7,539 | $43.50 | 143,806 |
Electrical Design Engineer | $86,767 | $7,231 | $41.71 | 87,121 |
Here are the five companies hiring the most now:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft | $152,097 | $73.12 | 203 |
2 | $142,456 | $68.49 | 291 | |
3 | GoPro | $129,954 | $62.48 | 1 |
4 | Arista Networks | $126,831 | $60.98 | 18 |
5 | Barclays | $124,749 | $59.98 | 10 |
6 | Micron Technology | $123,750 | $59.50 | 68 |
7 | Appian | $122,749 | $59.01 | 2 |
8 | Arrow Electronics | $122,554 | $58.92 | 511 |
9 | Broadcom | $122,523 | $58.91 | 57 |
10 | PayPal | $121,226 | $58.28 | 2 |
11 | OCZ Technology | $118,636 | $57.04 | |
12 | NeoPhotonics | $118,515 | $56.98 | 5 |
13 | Skyworks Solutions | $117,403 | $56.44 | 62 |
14 | Qorvo | $116,773 | $56.14 | 34 |
15 | PMC-Sierra | $116,433 | $55.98 | |
16 | Microsemi | $116,175 | $55.85 | |
17 | Apple | $116,011 | $55.77 | 1444 |
18 | SiFive | $115,943 | $55.74 | 17 |
19 | NVIDIA | $115,916 | $55.73 | 82 |
20 | Sigma Designs | $115,622 | $55.59 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | $102,000 | $49.22 | +1.9% |
2021 | $100,000 | $48.28 | +1.2% |
2020 | $99,200 | $47.70 | +1.7% |
2019 | $97,500 | $46.89 | +2.0% |
2018 | $95,600 | $45.96 | +0.7% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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Goodwin Recruiting | SR. Fpga Design Engineer | Alameda, CA | 05/31/2022 | $140,000 |
Gannett Fleming | Senior Design Engineer/Bus & Rail Maintenance Facilities | Los Angeles, CA | 05/31/2022 | $160,000 |
Goodwin Recruiting | SR. Fpga Design Engineer | Arlington, VA | 05/30/2022 | $140,000 |
Trimet Public Transportation | Project Manager, Senior Transit Designer, Engineering & Construction | Portland, OR | 05/29/2022 | $97,654 |
Unitedhealth Group Inc. | SR UX Design Engineer-Telecommute | Eden Prairie, MN | 05/28/2022 | $82,100 |
Intel Corp. | Senior Logic Design Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | 05/26/2022 | $132,940 |
Nvidia | Senior Physical Design Methodology Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | 05/23/2022 | $133,200 |
Nv Energy | Senior Engineer-Design Transmission/Civil (LAS Vegas or Reno) | Reno, NV | 05/18/2022 | $95,800 |
Intel | Senior Logic Design Engineer | Atlanta, GA | 05/18/2022 | $97,230 |
Cybercoders | Senior Physical Design Engineer | San Jose, CA | 05/17/2022 | $200,000 |
California pays Senior Design Engineers the most in the United States, with an average salary of $126,584 per year, or $60.86 per hour.
You know if you are being paid fairly as a Senior Design Engineer if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Utah you should be paid close to $120,320 per year.
Senior Staff Engineer gets paid the most. Senior Staff Engineer made a median salary of $136,810. The best-paid 10 percent make $164,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $113,000.
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