<p>Is electrical engineering better than mechanical engineering in terms of salary and demand?</p>
<p>another one of these questions.</p>
<p>well, I think they are both even here.</p>
<p>EE- one of my best friends wanted to be an eletrical engineer so he talked to many his parents knew. They all told him that it was a dead end job nowadays and that you will have no room for advancement meaning you will not really get any substantial raises throughout your career. </p>
<p>ME- this one is a stupid story but in my math class today my teacher (he was a manager at an engineering coorperation for many years) told us that mechanical engineering was as useful today as latin is. He said that they're not really needed. </p>
<p>I disagree with him though and say that Mechanical Engineering would be the way to go. In the automotive industry they need ME's because they can help with the new fuel sources needed and engines to work with them. This is all personal opinion though and I haven't really based it off of anything substantial.</p>
<p>SALARY:</p>
<p>The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the average yearly earnings of electrical engineers as $76,060 in 2005.</p>
<p>The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the average yearly earnings of mechanical engineers in 2005 as $70,000.</p>
<p>Demand:</p>
<p>Electrical engineers should have favorable employment opportunities. The number of job openings resulting from employment growth and from the need to replace electrical engineers who transfer to other occupations or leave the labor force is expected to be in rough balance with the supply of graduates. Employment of electrical engineers is expected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2014. Although international competition and the use of engineering services performed in other countries may limit employment growth, strong demand for electrical devices such as giant electric power generators or wireless phone transmitters should boost growth. Prospects should be particularly good for electrical engineers working in engineering services firms providing technical expertise to other companies on specific projects.</p>
<p>Mechanical engineers are projected to have an average rate of employment growth through 2014. Although total employment in manufacturing industriesin which employment of mechanical engineers is concentratedis expected to decline, employment of mechanical engineers in manufacturing should increase as the demand for improved machinery and machine tools grows and as industrial machinery and processes become increasingly complex. Also, emerging technologies in biotechnology, materials science, and nanotechnology will create new job opportunities for mechanical engineers. Additional opportunities for mechanical engineers will arise because the skills acquired through earning a degree in mechanical engineering often can be applied in other engineering specialties.</p>
<p>salary:</p>
<p>Specialty..........10%...... .......25% ...... ..50% ...........75% ...... 90% </p>
<p>Electrical --> 47,310...... 57,540....... 71,610 ....... 88,400.....108,070 </p>
<p>Mechanical --> 43,900...... 53,070..... 66,320...... 82,380......97,850</p>
<p>now a days though in most school the starting salary has gone up to the 50ks instead of the 40s.</p>
<p>Both are needed and relevant. Make the choice between the two based upon your interests - not statistics. Both have a great future and lots of job opportunities.</p>
<p>could not agree more with dr_reynolds. they are quite different fields that both have good prospects, so it should really be a matter of what you like more.</p>