How much do Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Wheeling, WV-OH?

Percentile spread

For Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $63,900 and the 90th percentile is $122,810. The difference is $58,910, which is 60.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $75,870 to the 75th at $118,180, covers $42,310.

The mean annual wage is $94,150, which sits below the median of $97,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wheeling, WV-OH median is 24.6% higher than the national median of $78,190 for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $110,334, which is 41.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.1% higher than the West Virginia median of $85,440.

Wheeling, WV-OH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses West Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wheeling, WV-OH is 88.323, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $97,450 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $110,334 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Wheeling, WV-OH ranks 1st of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Pittsburgh, PA is 62 miles away, with a median of $72,160 and employment of 670. That median is 26% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,222, against $110,334 here.
• Youngstown-Warren, OH is 84 miles away, with a median of $60,410 and employment of 60. That median is 38% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,124, against $110,334 here.
• Akron, OH is 85 miles away, with a median of $67,400 and employment of 170. That median is 30.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,186, against $110,334 here.

Employment share

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Wheeling, WV-OH (50 of 58,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.41 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.