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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Engineering graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Engineering majors is $131,370 and the most common occupations are .
The industry that employs the most Engineering majors is false, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The average salary for Engineering majors is $131,370 and the most common occupations are .
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Engineering majors.
Highest Paying Locations
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Most Common
The most common occupations Engineering majors, by number of employees, are .
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Engineering majors working as Chemical engineers, Civil engineers, and Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.
Highest Paid
The highest paid occupations by median income for Engineering majors are Podiatrists, Surgeons, and Physicians.
Occupations by Share
The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.48%, from 4.67M in 2021 to 4.83M in 2022.
The largest single share of Engineering graduates go on to work as false (0%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Engineering by share of the total number of graduates.
Most Common
The most common industries that employ Engineering majors, by number of employees, are .
Highest Paid
The highest paying industries of Engineering majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Offices of physicians, and Oil & gas extraction.
Industries by Share
The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.48%, from 4.67M in 2021 to 4.83M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Engineering graduates by share is N/A, followed by N/A. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Engineering.
Specialty Locations
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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Diversity
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering is 43.
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Workforce Age
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 2.86% and 2.73% of the population, respectively.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
Global Diversity
- India492,137 degree recipients
- China153,488 degree recipients
- Mexico93,296 degree recipients
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in false that hold Engineering degrees (N/A times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (492,137 degree recipients).