The invention discloses a vortex type electric compressor comprising an orbiting scroll connected with a static scroll in a spinning manner. The static scroll is connected with the end face of a bearing pedestal through a wear-resistant gasket in an abutting manner. The orbiting scroll is connected with the end face of the bearing pedestal in a sliding manner through the wear-resistant gasket, wherein multiple channels communicating with a backpressure cavity are arranged between the end face and the wear-resistant gasket. The channel I communicates with a gas suction cavity through a throttling channel. The cross section area of the throttling channel ranges from 0.1 mm<2> to 2 mm<2>. The length of the throttling channel ranges from 10 mm to 150 mm. Compared with the prior art, by means of the vortex type electric compressor, the pressure and friction force between the orbiting scroll and the static scroll and the pressure and friction force between the orbiting scroll, the wear-resistant gasket and the end face of the bearing pedestal become smaller, the power consumption of the compressor is lowered, and reliability is improved.