SOC 17-2071 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Electrical Engineers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical Engineers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $72,910. The 10th percentile is $48,370 and the 90th percentile is $122,300. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$72,910

10th percentile
$48,370
25th percentile
$52,120
Median
$72,910
75th percentile
$98,010
90th percentile
$122,300
Mean
$76,730

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

An electrician connecting a generator to a home electrical panel
An electrician at a home electrical panel. Photograph by editor B. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Electrical Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $48,370 and the 90th percentile is $122,300. The difference is $73,930, which is 101.4% 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 $52,120 to the 75th at $98,010, covers $45,890.

The mean annual wage is $76,730, which sits above the median of $72,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 39.6% lower than the national median of $120,630 for Electrical Engineers.

It is 1.8% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $74,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Electrical Engineers. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $98,540 and employment of 50. That median is 35.2% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Electrical Engineers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (230 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (198,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.26 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Electrical Engineers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical Engineers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $72,910. The 10th percentile is $48,370 and the 90th percentile is $122,300. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Electrical Engineers?

The local median is 39.6% lower than the national median of $120,630.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Electrical Engineers?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 70 miles away, at $98,540. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.