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STEM degrees: is Electrical Engineer your fit?

Every STEM degree points at a set of careers, and every career has an entry path — some need a doctorate, some need a certificate and a portfolio. See the path for each of forty careers before you commit four years.

HomeSTEM CompassSTEM degrees › Electrical Engineer
+7%Growth 2024–34
7Traits it runs on
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Abstract thinkingPracticalityDetailSpatial reasoningPersistenceDataMeticulousnessThe Built WorldThe Digital WorldPlanet & Environment

What the work is worth. The power grid, medical devices, electric vehicles, and every phone in every pocket are electrical engineering. This work is the nervous system of the modern world.

An ordinary day. Design circuits, power systems, sensors, and control systems; build and test prototypes; diagnose why a system does not behave as designed.

The path in. Bachelor's in electrical or electronics engineering.

From zero. The STEM Farm Energy / Utilities / Environmental Technology track starts at zero-STEM intake and ends in this kind of work, with verified proof at every gate.

Take the STEM Compass assessmentZero to Electrical Engineer →

What the assessment measures for this career

Each trait is scored 0–100 from the items that load on it. The match for Electrical Engineer is the weighted gap between those scores and the levels the role runs on — so the number on your report says exactly which trait carried it and which one would stretch you.

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Electrical Engineer near you

Newark, NJ11 countiesNew York, NY7 countiesLos Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA7 countiesChicago, IL11 countiesDallas, TX12 countiesFort Worth, TX7 countiesHouston, TX13 countiesAtlanta, GA16 countiesWashington, DC13 countiesMiami, FL3 countiesPhiladelphia, PA7 countiesPhoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale, AZ3 counties

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Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.