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As defined by average starting salaries...



Topping the list of highest-paid majors were chemical engineers who fetched $55,900 on average, followed by electrical engineering degrees at $52,899. Despite taking a 0.3 percent dip compared to the 2004-2005 academic year, mechanical engineers took third place with an average salary of $50,672.
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What about Automotive Engineers such as my self???



Well I cant tell you, But I make more than the chemical engineer ...;)

Todd Z
 
Well, Todd, he said those were average "starting" salaries - how long you been doing your thing? Just out of curiosity, is automotive engineering a subset of mechanical or is it considered a different field on its own?



I imagine those salaries vary a bit by location and employer. I know the military services can't compete (even with bonuses) and have a really hard time filling engineer positions.
 
Todd, you are an "automotive engineer" in the sense that that is a euphemism for an "auto mechanic", right? I assume this because I have seen pics in your member area of your uniform.



If so, then, yes, a senior auto mechanic working in LI should make more than 55K/year.



But, then your typical mechanical engineer out of college probably would start at more than than that in LI as well, and only go up from there.



And, kefguy, an automotive engineer in the sense I describe is NOT a subset of mechanical engineering.



TJR
 
Yeah, well, those who can't hack chemical enginerding become biochemists, like me... yeah! I'm gonna work at Merck and make all yall's presciption drugs and make pennies compared to a chemical enginerd... yeah... and all cuz I couldn't handle my computer engineering and fluids classes...:wacko:
 
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PinkPanther, my fiancee (a B.S. in both Industrial and Electrical Engineering -- double degreed) said the fluids class was incredibly difficult. She said that was the one class she was grateful to just get a "D".
 
eah, well, those who can't hack chemical enginerding become biochemists, like me... yeah! I'm gonna work at Merck and make all yall's presciption drugs and make pennies compared to a chemical enginerd... yeah... and all cuz I couldn't handle my computer engineering and fluids classes...
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Nothing like a double-major liberal arts major working his way to learning to sue those hacks who make the drugs incorrectly in injure poor, defenseless folks. :p
 
Kefgy, It is Its own Field.



TJR, No. Yes I could be a grease monkey (which I was for 5 years, But that sucks !) I took fluids classes, pressures, Auto cad classes, structural classes, design and engineering classes, with structural, mechanical, electrical, and even architectural teachings. I "should" be sitting with a suit and tie some where designing cars, But got too comfortable here doing construction Inspections... ;)



Todd Z

 
New grad pharmacists can start just about anywhere in the country for a bare minimum of $75-80,000. Most are getting in the $90's.
 
Automotive companies take primarily EE's and ME's for the bulk eng'g work. Folks here can also directly translate into aviation companies (Boeing, Lockheed etc.), in fact we hire same from them too.



Gotta go make trucks............. ;)
 
I am an EE... where in the hell do I find a starting job that makes $55K? I have been in industry for ~5 years and I have yet to break the $47K mark....



Anyone have any leads??
 
It is market based.. I know the EE's, PE's, here in my office do not make that much either...
 
It also depends on where you live and how much it costs to live there. Anyone making 40k in Knoxville would have to make 80k in Chicago or L.A., or over 150k in Manhatten to maintain the same standard of living. Employers in high cost cities have to pay more to keep prospective employees from moving away.
 
R Shek, you live in Arkansas, be glad you COL is lower.



That's the problem with national averages...the Northeast and the West coast tend to inflate them quite a bit.
 
I started with IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, NY (outside of White Plains, suburb North of NYC), in 1989, with a BS in Comp Eng for a yearly salary of $31.5K.



I would assume they are starting just over $50K now in that area for Comp Sci.



I most definately couldn't live on $50K anymore, not to mention $32K.



All things are relative. I NEVER met anyone that says they are making too much money!
 
wow this makes me fell good i have a high school education have been working at my job for 13 years started the day after i graduated and make $40,000 more than those jobs posted above.
 

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