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What power systems engineers make
Experienced
$120,630
First job out of college
$76,550
Principal or manager
$184,300
The federal wage survey has no separate line for power systems engineers. It counts them inside electrical engineers, where the national median is $120,630 a year and the bottom tenth start near $76,550. Utility pay sits close to that median and climbs steadily once you hold a license.