Engineering Salaries by Discipline
(most recent data)
       
 
Occupation New jobs, projected 2016–26 Employment, 2016 Median annual wage, 2016

Total, all engineers

 139,300 1,681,000 $91,010

Civil engineers

 32,200 303,500 83,540

Mechanical engineers

 25,300 288,800 84,190

Industrial engineers

 25,100 257,900 84,310

Electrical engineers

 16,200 188,300 94,210

Engineers, all other

 8,500 132,500 97,300

Electronics engineers, except computer

 5,100 136,300 99,210

Petroleum engineers

 5,100 33,700 128,230

Environmental engineers

 4,500 53,800 84,890

Aerospace engineers

 4,200 69,600 109,650

Computer hardware engineers

 4,000 73,600 115,080

Chemical engineers

 2,500 32,700 98,340

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

 2,200 25,900 86,720

Biomedical engineers

 1,500 21,300 85,620

Marine engineers and naval architects

 1,000 8,200 93,350

Nuclear engineers

 700 17,700 102,220

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

 600 7,300 93,720

Materials engineers

 400 27,000 93,310

Agricultural engineers

 200 2,700 73,640