How much do engineers earn?

In 2010, the overall median annual salary of engineers was $87,000. The median annual salary for female engineers was $75,000, $14,000 less than the salary of their male counterparts ($89,000).

In 2010, the median annual salary of engineers overall was $87,000. The salaries of whites ($89,000) and Asians ($88,000) were slightly higher than average, while blacks and Hispanics earned less than average, $78,000 and $73,000, respectively.

• Salaries of both women and men were the highest in aerospace engineering, $99,000 and $102,000 respectively.
• Female engineers made $15,000 less than their male counterparts in chemical, electrical, and materials engineering.
• The salary of women in industrial engineering ($73,000) was nearly the same as that of men ($74,000).

• In industrial engineering, the median annual salary of blacks ($78,000) was higher than the salaries of the other racial/ethnic groups.
• Of all racial/ethnic groups, Asians earned the highest salaries in civil ($79,000) and mechanical engineering ($86,000).