Electrical Engineer salary in Virginia Beach, VA

Based on 12 certified H-1B filings in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Newport News, Norfolk, Suffolk.

Also listed as: Electrical Design Engineer

Median salary$105,000
Middle 50%$103.9k–$118.5k
vs. national median−15%comparison median $123,560
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $84,069 and $180,190.
PercentileSalary
10th$98,583
25th$103,851
50th (median)$105,000
75th$118,534
90th$175,568

Cost of living

Virginia Beach's median Electrical Engineer salary of $105,000 is worth about $107,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Virginia Beach = 97.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Electrical Engineers in the Virginia Beach, VA area earned a median of $103,210 in May 2025 (1,410 employed). The H-1B median here is $105,000, 2% 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
Jefferson Science Associatestoo few9

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 5
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.