While..We Are On The Salary Topic.. How Much Do You Engineers Make?

[slow&rusty]

I know there are quite a few engineers on here, just curious how much you practicing Engineers make?

I'm a Civil Engineer with a PE and make (gross) $110K

I have been practicing for 12years now.

Yasin

[TerryBPP]

Pretty good salary for to being in heavy development area slo.

$90k been practicing for 5 yrs.

I just read a census for 07' the mean salary for a 10yr CE is $65k. I'd say we are doing better.

[wcc]

Is that based on 40hrs?

@ 40hrs I have 5yrs exp with no PE (yet) and I'm at $65k. I used to work for a company that had mandatory 50hr work weeks, but we rarely saw those. I was usually working about 60-65 hrs a week. So I was making quite a bit more. I'm A LOT happier, and so is my family, that I'm only working 40hrs now. I feel like I got my life back. Money isn't everything.

[TerryBPP]

Originally posted by wcc
Is that based on 40hrs?

@ 40hrs I have 5yrs exp with no PE (yet) and I'm at $65k. I used to work for a company that had mandatory 50hr work weeks, but we rarely saw those. I was usually working about 60-65 hrs a week. So I was making quite a bit more. I'm A LOT happier, and so is my family, that I'm only working 40hrs now. I feel like I got my life back. Money isn't everything.

Salary. Usually 45-50. Never more than 55.

An EIT making $65k is doing very well IMO. I was making $13 per hour my 1st year out.

[David]

Mechanical Eng., PE, Utility turbine eng., 9 years since graduation but I had other work experience, $95K base plus 22% bonus at 100% of goals (up from 7% last year ).

I normally work 40 hrs, but occasionally a few to a lot more.

I was just reviewing some engineer resumes with about 5 years experience, they were asking for $70K to $90K. That seemed a bit much, but I guess demand is up.

[widebody911]

Does a 'systems' engineer count?

[masraum]

One HUNDRED billion dollars!!! Mu AH hah ah aha hah

[Izze]

MSc Electronic Engineering. 13 years
$132k/y including 30% bonus........
....before the highest tax in the world

[IROC]

BSME in aerospace/defense. I'm just over $100k with over 20 years experience. I thought I was making all the money in the world...hmmm...maybe not.

[MichiganMat]

Computer Engineer (CSE), 5 years in practice, $75K, no bonuses. Considering changing jobs soon...

[David]

It seems like engineer pay rises pretty fast the first 10 years and then starts tapering off since the better engineers would move into management and increase their pay, at least in the utility industry where I work. I got the impression around $100K base was about as much as an engineer could make at my company. I've heard industries with more R&D, reward long term, productive engineers more as their experience increases.

[masraum]

I don't have a college degree (started an EE 19 years ago). Right now I work in Cisco Equipment (routers, switches, firewalls, etc...). I'm not an engineer, but the best job description for me is 'Network Engineer'. Back in 2000-2001 with a years experience and before the dot com crash I was making 85k-->92k. After the crash, I dropped to 50k and now, including a yearly bonus, I'm back up to about 80k. I have a buddy with similar experience (a tad less) that just got a job making $45/hr contract.

[vash]

arnold just gave us a killer raise. this young "kid" that i am training is getting 57k per year. one year experience, just an EIT. we get the best of both worlds; we get paid salary, but any OT we work gets paid at x1.5. i bet he hits 80k this year. rockin, considering he didnt know jackS, 12 months ago.

i am a PE, and i do lots better. (anybody on the internet can look up a california engineer's salary)

[Tim Hancock]

All I can say is that an associate degree mechanical engineer in Ohio with lots of experience in automation makes much less than some of you guys! Good thing my house is paid off and I like fiddling with old used German cars!

I make under 60, but I do have a side business that adds to the coffers.

The company I have worked for 16 yrs for may soon go under, so I guess I will have to take a less comfy job or start working full time at home.....kind of scary with one daughter starting college in the fall and a second is one year away!

One thing is for sure, I WILL NOT move and being debt free, I can get by driving a truck or swinging a hammer if I have to.

[sammyg2]

six figures not counting bonus.
it is not a 40 hour week job. The average is closer to 50, but I get 4 weeks a year vacation. Did I mention that I will be able to retire when I'm 55 with more discretionary income than I have now? ?

[p911dad]

Our PE's(Civil) in mid career make about $70K + benefits worth +60% all for a 40 hour week and with a total of 3 weeks + 13 holidays off.

[CurtEgerer]

I just hired another structural engineer. He's a P.E. with a Masters and 20 years of solid experience. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to afford him since our engineers start at $75K + vehicle + benefits = about $100K (all of my engineers are experienced P.E.s). I was shocked that he was only making around $65K!

Also, a friend who owns a design-build construction company just hired a new graduate Civil Engineer with basically no experience and no P.E. license yet. Starting salary was $55K + bonus (bonus could potentially double that). Of course, that's a Project Manager's position which is about the most stressful engineering job there is.

[HardDrive]

Systems Engineer. Around $85k this year. Maybe another $5k in 'perks'.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

I guess I'm not doing as bad as my wife wants me to think I am (she wants me to quit so we can move to the midwest). I'm not a PE. I'm an "Operations Research and Industrial Engineer". Been so for almost 10 years (only a B.Sc.). Mid-90's plus full health, 401k, stock, options, and bonuses that get fatter %age-wise as my pay grade goes up (about every 2 years).

Three weeks of vacation until next year, then it goes up to 4. Oh, and 2.5 years ago I took an 8-week vacation.

I vary between 35 and 50 hours per week as the workload demands. Early on I busted my hump, up to about 100 hours per week, until I learned to "work smarter, not harder". Now I just make my jr. engineers do the time consuming stuff while I get the fun stuff.

[speedracing944]

What does PE stand for?

<--- went back to school at age 31 for my ME degree. I have 2 more years to go.

Speedy