Electrical Engineers Salary in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Median annual salary
$125,120
+4% vs US median ($120,630)
Worth after local cost of living
$135,558
cost index 92.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
| 10th percentile | $78,340 |
| 25th percentile | $92,890 |
| Median (50th) | $125,120 |
| 75th percentile | $159,860 |
| 90th percentile | $176,580 |
| Mean | $125,140 |
| Employed in metro | 220 |
A Electrical Engineers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA earns a median of $125,120 per year. That is 4% above the national median of $120,630 for this occupation. Because New Orleans-Metairie, LA has a cost index of 92.3 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $135,558 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $62,655, median gross rent $1,217/mo, and the median home value $260,200. See the full New Orleans-Metairie, LA cost-of-living profile.