Electrical Engineer salary in Rochester, NY

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings in the Rochester, NY metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Fairport, Webster, West Henrietta, Victor.

Also listed as: Electrical Design Engineer

Median salary$120,000
Middle 50%$96.5k–$129.1k
vs. national median−3%comparison median $123,560
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $71,196 and $223,667.
PercentileSalary
10th$82,700
25th$96,460
50th (median)$120,000
75th$129,116
90th$148,033

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $105k $140k FY2020: median $88,376 (20 filings) FY2021: median $93,000 (10 filings) FY2022: median $89,000 (24 filings) FY2023: median $103,555 (16 filings) FY2025: median $117,000 (11 filings) FY2026: median $124,467 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 20 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 4 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 16 filings FY26 24
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$88,376$69,088$96,72020
FY2021$93,000$69,784$98,40510
FY2022$89,000$77,157$121,40324
FY2023$103,555$99,716$124,85016
FY2024–––4
FY2025$117,000$85,192$127,50411
FY2026$124,467$106,246$132,83416

Cost of living

Rochester's median Electrical Engineer salary of $120,000 is worth about $123,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Rochester = 97.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Electrical Engineers in the Rochester, NY area earned a median of $108,160 in May 2025 (1,000 employed). The H-1B median here is $120,000, 11% higher.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Qualitrol Companytoo few3
WSPtoo few2
Avangrid Service Companytoo few2
Idomtoo few2
LaBella Associates, D.P.C.too few2
Rochester Gas and Electrictoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV $129,792 11

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Expert · Level IV$124,467$129,79211

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.