Senior Electrical Engineer salary in Boulder, CO

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Boulder, CO metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Longmont, Louisville, Lafayette.

Also listed as: Electrical Design Engineer

Median salary$134,600
Middle 50%$132.8k–$148.8k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $134,600
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $131,830 and $218,465.
PercentileSalary
10th$132,500
25th$132,787
50th (median)$134,600
75th$148,815
90th$191,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $115k $140k FY2020: median $110,469 (14 filings) FY2023: median $128,606 (12 filings) FY2026: median $133,000 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 14 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 4 filings FY24 FY2025: 8 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 14
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$110,469$99,162$114,25214
FY2021–––7
FY2022–––9
FY2023$128,606$119,869$137,36212
FY2024–––4
FY2025–––8
FY2026$133,000$132,787$166,00010

Cost of living

Boulder's median senior Electrical Engineer salary of $134,600 is worth about $127,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Boulder = 105.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Electrical Engineers in the Boulder, CO area earned a median of $130,170 in May 2025 (530 employed). The H-1B median here is $134,600, 3% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Microntoo few7
Appletoo few2
Seagatetoo few2
Spectralinktoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $85,738 11
Mid-level · Level II $125,790 11
Senior · Level III $134,600 18
Expert · Level IV $167,160 16

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$85,738$85,73811
Mid-level · Level II$108,784$125,79011
Senior · Level III$132,787$134,60018
Expert · Level IV$154,877$167,16016

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.