Compared with the local labor market
Electrical Engineer pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Electrical Engineers — about 6,290 people — is $128,340. Department of Buildings pays a median base salary of $116,707 for this role, 9% below that figure — about the 40th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Buildings sits in the local pay range
$81,440
$100,600
$128,340
$158,880
$171,030
Department of Buildings median · $116,707
The bar is the range of annual wages for Electrical Engineers across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Buildings’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Electrical Engineers — about 198,750 people — is $120,630. Department of Buildings’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 46th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$76,550
$92,830
$120,630
$152,950
$184,300
Department of Buildings median · $116,707
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Buildings is $121,377, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Electrical Engineer beyond New York City
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $113,036 ranks #4 of 8. See Electrical Engineer across all of New York City →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Electrical Engineerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.