<p>I know engineer's have a high starting salary, but is it really true that their pay tends to level off and reach an early plateau?</p>
<p>my teacher's son is a chemical engineer, about 25, and he makes 70k. Been doing engineering for 3 years, and his father and grandfather make about the same (3 generations of purdue engineers), so that's a real-life example</p>
<p>WOW, what a fast response</p>
<p>eh, that's what i'm known for! :p</p>
<p>Does your example qualify my statement or what? I mean, if the young guy is making as much as his father and grandfather in only 3 years, that means that the job's slary doesn't change much after three years.</p>
<p>it's saying it doesn't really level off, of course this depends on the specialty very much so. Civil engineers can ALWAYS find work, even if they're not making as much money.</p>
<p>engineers are in demand...you will have jobs...their starting salaries is also high compared to most majors...if you get MBA and PE your salary should cross 100K with some years of experience</p>
<p>It's like any other job, if you take on greater responsibilities or tasks of greater value, you get paid more. An engineer in charge of the developing the next great thing for some company will make several hundred thousand.</p>
<p>An engineer managing a group will make well over 100K.</p>
<p>An engineering that becomes a marketing or sales hot-shot will make well over 100K</p>
<p>An engineer that is really happy doing just your ordinary stuff, will have a more ordinary salary.</p>