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Electrical Engineers

What They Do:

  • Design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes.
  • Oversee project production efforts to assure projects are completed on time and within budget.
  • Direct or coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, or testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements.
  • Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, or installation standards or specifications.
  • Operate computer-assisted engineering or design software or equipment to perform engineering tasks

Source: O*Net 2025

Sample Job Titles:

  1. Circuits Engineers
  2. Design Engineers
  3. Electrical Control Engineers
  4. Electrical Design Engineers
  5. Electrical Engineers

Source: O*Net 2025

Outlook in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

Employment (Q1 2023) 2,503
Projected Annual Growth 1.2%
Average Entry Level Salary $71,515
Median Salary $111,767

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Supply-Demand Snapshot: Electrical Engineers (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
1,098
Current Workforce
2,503

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Preferred Certifications

(Entry level jobs requiring a high school diploma, Associate’s degree, and Bachelor's degree)

Top 10 Skills Requested

(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)

  • Electrical Systems
  • Project Management
  • AutoCAD
  • Construction
  • Autodesk Revit
  • Electricl Power Systems
  • Simulations
  • Project Engineering
  • Power Distribution

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Outlook in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

Employment (Q1 2023) 3,941
Projected Annual Growth 0.6%
Average Entry Level Salary $77,404
Median Salary $136,923

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Supply-Demand Snapshot: Electrical Engineers (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
2,554
Current Workforce
3,941

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Preferred Certifications

(Entry level jobs requiring a high school diploma, Associate’s degree, and Bachelor's degree)

Top 10 Skills Requested

(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)

  • Electrical Systems
  • Project Management
  • Electric Power Systems
  • AutoCAD
  • Control Systems
  • MATLAB
  • Electronics
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • Computer Engineering

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Outlook in the Richmond, VA MSA MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

Employment (Q1 2023) 855
Projected Annual Growth 1.2%
Average Entry Level Salary $66,337
Median Salary $110,753

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Supply-Demand Snapshot: Electrical Engineers (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
537
Current Workforce
855

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

Preferred Certifications

(Entry level jobs requiring a high school diploma, Associate’s degree, and Bachelor's degree)

Top 10 Skills Requested

(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)

  • Project Management
  • AutoCAD
  • Electric Power Systems
  • Export Control
  • Electrical Systems
  • Power Distribution
  • Automation
  • Chemistry
  • Procurement

Source: Lightcast. Datarun 2025.4

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