Engineering Salary
By the All Engineering Schools career research team—Your source for Engineering Degree news, trends and programs.
Those of you pursuing an engineering career may find comfort in the fact that your engineering salary adds an additional perk to your chosen profession. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), engineers earn some of the highest average starting salaries among those holding a bachelor's degree, with a median annual salary range of $52,048 to $83,121.
A 2010 survey from PayScale.com reports that doctoral level engineers earned between $77,112 and $128,006 annually, depending upon experience level, while master's degree engineers earned a median annual salary of $68,730 to $108,020.
Median annual earnings in 2008 for engineers by specialty according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Aerospace engineers: $92,520
- Agricultural engineers: $68,730
- Biomedical engineers: $77,400
- Chemical engineers: $84,680
- Civil engineers: $74,600
- Computer hardware engineers: $97,400
- Computer software engineers: $85,430
- Electrical engineers: $82,160
- Environmental engineers: $74,020
- Health and safety engineers: $72,940
- Industrial engineers: $73,820
- Marine engineers: $74,140
- Materials engineers: $81,820
- Mechanical engineers: $74,920
- Mining and geological engineers: $75,960
- Nuclear engineers: $97,080
- Petroleum engineers: $108,020
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Engineering Careers
- Aerospace Engineering
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- Civil Engineering
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- Environmental Engineering
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- Materials Engineering
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- Nuclear Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
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