As of July 2014,the salary range for a newly graduated electrical engineer with a bachelor's degree is $55,570 to $73,908,according to Salary.com.The range for a mid-level engineer with a master's degree and five to 10 years of experience is $74,007 to $108,640,and the range for a senior engineer with a master's or doctorate and more than 15 years of experience is $97,434 to $138,296.Many experienced engineers with advanced degrees are promoted to management positions or start their own businesses where they can earn even more. The future of electrical engineering s Employment of electrical and electronics engineers is projected to grow by 4%between now and 2022,because of these professionals'"versatility in developing and applying emerging technologies"as the BLS says. The applications for these emerging technologies include studying red electrical flashes,called sprites,which hover above some thunderstorms.Victor Pasko, an electrical engineer at Penn State,and his colleagues have developed a model for how the strange lightning evolves and disappears 7Another electrical engineer,Andrea Alu,of the University of Texas at Austin, is studying sound waves and has developed a one-way sound machine."I can listen to you,but you cannot detect me back;you cannot hear my presence." Alu told LiveScience in a 2014 article. sAnd Michel Maharbiz,an electrical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley,is exploring ways to communicate with the brain wirelessly. 1 The BLS states,"The rapid pace of technological innovation and development will likely drive demand for electrical and electronics engineers in research and development,an area in which engineering expertise will be needed to develop distribution systems related to new technologies. Unit 1 Electrical Engineering:A Brief Introduction 7