<p>Which particular field of engineering pays the most...?</p>
<p>Computer Software</p>
<p>What about Mechanical/Chemical engineers? How is their salary...?</p>
<p>Ask and ye shall receive.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#earnings%5B/url%5D">http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#earnings</a></p>
<p>Of course, salaries have to be placed in context. In particular, cost of living is a factor. Chemical engineers and petroleum engineers not only make good money, but also tend to work in low cost-of-living places. After all, most of them work in the oil and petrochemicals industry and quite a bit, relatively speaking, of those industries are located in the cheap places, especially in the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast ("chemical engineering heaven"), where the bulk of American oil refineries and offshore oil platforms are located. Hence, with a chemical engineering or petroleum engineering salary you can live pretty well in a cheap place like that. Of course, if you don't want to live in those places, then you might see that as a minus. Many electrical engineering and computer engineering jobs, in contrast, tend to be located in Silicon Valley or around Boston's "Technology Highway" or other such expensive areas, so while you will make a good salary, things are pretty darn expensive. But of course, it is true that Silicon Valley and Boston are nice places to live, so you might see that as a plus.</p>