How much do Electrical Engineers make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

Percentile spread

For Electrical Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $78,000 and the 90th percentile is $197,950. The difference is $119,950, which is 104.6% 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 $96,560 to the 75th at $144,640, covers $48,080.

The mean annual wage is $125,500, which sits above the median of $114,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Providence-Warwick, RI-MA median is 4.9% lower than the national median of $120,630 for Electrical Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $112,712, which is 6.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Rhode Island, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 101.773, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $114,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical Engineers at $112,712 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 Engineers. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 11th 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).).

• Worcester, MA is 54 miles away, with a median of $129,720 and employment of 480. That median is 13.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $126,528, against $112,712 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58 miles away, with a median of $128,610 and employment of 4,030. That median is 12.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $118,791, against $112,712 here.
• Barnstable Town, MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $121,530 and employment of 60. That median is 5.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $123,568, against $112,712 here.

Employment share

Electrical Engineers accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (830 of 714,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (198,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.91 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.