OEWS Ranked
Highest Paying Engineering Jobs
Engineering wages are steady and licensure-sensitive. Petroleum, semiconductor, and aerospace specialties typically sit above civil and environmental averages; the PE stamp gates much of the top of the distribution.
$162,011
Top mean wage
$151,351
List average
7
Occupations ranked
National ranking
Click any occupation for state-level salaries, percentiles, and real (cost-of-living adjusted) pay.
| $162,011 | $162,670 | $78 | 104,260 | |
| $162,011 | $162,670 | $78 | 104,260 | |
| $156,524 | $157,150 | $75 | 20,740 | |
| $156,524 | $157,150 | $75 | 20,740 | |
| $141,529 | $142,060 | $68 | 102,250 | |
| $141,529 | $142,060 | $68 | 102,250 | |
| $139,326 | $140,420 | $67 | 16,060 |
Methodology
SOC major group 17 (Architecture and Engineering Occupations), ranked by national mean annual wage from BLS OEWS.
Full documentation: Wage Atlas methodology and data sources.