For a new masters in ee; qualcomm pays ~75k. I have a friend who is working for intel in austin, he gets paid ~63k as a new ms in ee
That would be consistent with what I'm seeing to. We've been hiring a lot of new folks too. The thing is that top talent is hard to come by. Sad part is also these kids that are fresh from school are in a lot of ways better than a lot of old farts with bad habits.