e3 Information Overload AND Are You 2.0 Yet?: Engineering Salaries

Recently I have received several questions about engineering salaries, so I will summarize some of my findings here.

Lucrative Degrees for College Grads
April 19, 2005, CNN/Money
Data was presented from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, and a nice table highlights the starting salaries by degree for 2005 graduates.

Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers put out a list of average entry level salaries for graduates with engineering and computer Degrees, but the data appears to be from the late 1990's.

From the U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics, here is a table that contains the 2002 median annual earnings of various occupations, including various engineering professions.

The National Center for Education Statistics has put out several tables of annual salary information if you want to see how all of engineering compares to other degrees (Table 1 & Table 2).

On a related note, look at the U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics web page to see their description of an engineer and job outlook.

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