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Income of Professional Engineers Can Exceed $200,000
Compensation of Professional Engineers, 2000
 This
report represents the findings of the thirty-fourth national compensation survey
conducted for the National Society of Professional Engineers. Survey respondents
were asked to report their annual base salary from their primary employer as of
January 1, 2000, plus additional cash income from that employer (excluding
overtime pay) for the preceding calendar year. Income from secondary and/or
part-time employment was excluded.
As of January 1, 2000, the median total annual income of survey respondents
was $75,500. This represents an increase of about 3.7% in the 12-month period
since the preceding survey. During this same period, the Consumer Price Index
rose by 2.7%.
Individual incomes vary widely. 10% of respondents earn under $46,511, while
10% earn $136,900 or more.
Median income shows a fairly consistent increase with increased engineering
experience. The median income of respondents increases very regularly from
$38,992 for those with under one year of experience to $93,100 for those with 30
years of experience or more.
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Respondents holding doctoral degrees in engineering have a median income of
$96,540. Those with the M.S. in engineering earn a median of $76,830. Finally,
those with the B.S. in engineering earn $69,000.
Income by engineering experience vs. level of education for three of the
largest groups by degree held was investigated. Between 5 - 9 years of
experience (below which there are insufficient data for doctoral degrees for
realistic analysis) and 30 or more years of experience, the "spreads"
of median income for the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in engineering are 64.8%, 57.5%,
and 74.2%, respectively.
Survey participants fall primarily into the higher professional grades.
Income rises from a median of $40,020 for Engineer I/II (entry levels) to
$125,000 for Engineer IX (the highest level).
The highest median income by major branch of engineering goes to those
respondents working in petroleum engineering ($110,000). This group is followed
by those in mining ($98,471), nuclear ($97,110), and chemical engineering
($82,444). At the other end of the income spectrum are those employed in
aeronautical & aerospace ($71,428), agricultural ($70,245), and geotechnical
engineering ($70,000).
Median annual income is highest for respondents in executive/administrative
job functions ($96,810). This group is followed by those in sales/marketing
($80,160) and R&D ($78,125). The lowest median income is received by those
in design ($54,099), preceded by those in project study & analysis
($66,350), and project management/engineering ($71,000).
The highest median incomes of the 30 industry groups studied were received by
respondents employed by producers of food/beverage/tobacco ($91,750),
petroleum/natural gas ($90,430), chemical/pharmaceutical ($86,350), and coal
products ($84,750), and colleges & universities and research
organizations/laboratories (both $85,000). Those receiving the lowest median
incomes are employed by state & local governments ($62,900 & $66,350
respectively), civil/structural and mechanical engineering firms ($65,000 &
$70,000 respectively), and producers of transportation equipment ($68,000) and
fabricated metal products ($69,749).
By registration-certification status, those respondents who are P.E.s
certified in Forensic Engineering enjoy the highest median annual income
($90,350). Following them are P.E.s who are certified in Environmental
Engineering ($83,500). Unregistered-uncertified engineers have a median income
of $57,000. Engineers-in-Training/Engineer Interns have the lowest median income
($46,200).
Engineers in non-supervisory positions have a median income of $61,000, while
the median income of those supervising/managing only engineers, scientists
and/or technologists increases regularly from $63,174 for those who supervise
one or two such professionals to $119,920 for those who direct the activities of
50-plus professionals. Supervision of both professionals and non-professionals
results in a median income of $66,000 with three or four such subordinates;
income increases regularly to $134,600 for the group that manages 250 or more
such subordinates.
The highest median incomes are in the northeastern states ($80,300) and the
southwestern states ($76,000); the lowest in the north central states ($68,640)
and the Great Lakes states ($71,490).
The income data received were also analyzed by metropolitan area. The highest
median income is found in San Francisco/Oakland, CA ($100,948) and
Nassau/Suffolk Counties, NY ($94,920), followed by San Jose, CA ($90,500);
Newark/Jersey City, NJ ($89,440); and Houston, TX ($87,000). The lowest median
incomes found in this study of 66 metropolitan areas are in Providence, RI
($62,500), Sacramento, CA ($62,645), and Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport
News/Chesapeake/Hampton/Portsmouth, VA ($62,712).
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