<p>I have heard from a lot of friends and also on a lot of previous posts that mech engineers have many job opportunities and thus the most broad engineering field. BUT i have also noticed that compared to other specialitites like CE, EE, AE, Mech eng make less money. A lot of websites(bls, salary.com etc) also say that mech eng starting pay isnt all that good. Even after 10 yrs or so experience they dont crack the $100,000 mark. While the other fields (as mentioned above ) make like 100-120K after 10 yrs of experience. is this any true or what? responses.</p>
<p>It depends on the company and how good you are. I know some engineers with starting salaries of 100,000+.</p>
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<p>are you serious? what type of engineers are you talking about. Are they like MIT, cornell graduates.</p>
<p>I, too, am curious what engineers command a $100,000+ starting salary...</p>
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It depends on the company and how good you are. I know some engineers with starting salaries of 100,000+.
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<p>So am I. Could somebody post some references? </p>
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are you serious? what type of engineers are you talking about. Are they like MIT, cornell graduates.
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<p>Well, in the case of MIT, only if you're talking about PhD engineers (which I don't think we were talking about here on this thread). Even master's degree ME students at MIT only get an average starting salary of 75.4k in 2006, as can be seen on p.17 of the following pdf. Granted, that was last year, and salaries are probably higher now. But I strongly doubt it cracked the 100k barrier. </p>
<p>So, again, I am curious, who are these (non-PhD) engineers who are getting these 100k starting salaries?</p>
<p>I'd venture to guess that there are a few financial engineers who will start at 100k+ after bonus.</p>
<p>The only people I know who get 100K+ starting are those who work an hourly position and put in a lot of time and those who work in Oil & Gas and got a very high bonus.</p>
<p>i had a substitute teacher a couple weeks ago and i was talking to her about her son at berkeley. she said he was in his senior year and has already had a few job offers, the two highest ones at 103k and 110k.</p>
<p>hes a comp sci major, tho. and the 110k company is apparently full of berkeley alumns who just higher their own kind.</p>
<p>sounds bulletproof tho - 22 years old, and b4 u even graduate already guaranteed a job at 110 k. sounds too good to be true.</p>
<p>Computer Science majors from UCB make a ton of money right out of college.
<a href="http://career.berkeley.edu/CarDest/2005Majors.stm#salary%5B/url%5D">http://career.berkeley.edu/CarDest/2005Majors.stm#salary</a></p>
<p>But really guys, all these threads about an engineers salary is getting tiring. Its not medicine or law. It's a great field for people who have really do like engineering and the only thing that is for sure is that, on average, it earns more then any other undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>what are the job prospects for Texas A&M undergrads?</p>
<p>Oh man, I never knew Texas A&M grads made so much.. much better then UCB at least (which is ranked much higher)</p>
<p>Some of A&M undergrads start at $100,000! Of course, that shouldn't be anticipated, but A&M's starting average is very high.</p>
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<p>Uh, I think, more accurately, ONE undergrad guy (a NucE guy) was reported to have had an offer at 100k. </p>
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<p>hes a comp sci major, tho. and the 110k company is apparently full of berkeley alumns who just higher their own kind.</p>
<p>sounds bulletproof tho - 22 years old, and b4 u even graduate already guaranteed a job at 110 k. sounds too good to be true.
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<p>Well, let's not get TOO enthusiastic. The average offer to Berkeley CS grads in 2006 was 77k. The average offer to EECS grads was 67k. That's good, but clearly nowhere near to 110k.</p>
<p>Personally, I have doubts about the veracity of the story, i.e. whether the person was surreptitiously adding in other factors of compensation such as signing bonuses/year-end bonuses and counting that as "salary" (which they are not). But even if the story is completely true, we should keep in mind that this is apparently an unusual outlier that is not representative of most Berkeley CS/EECS students.</p>
<p>Wow texas A&M CompE grads make on average 62,000. What does it mean by Offers?</p>
<p>I'm fxxxing tired of seeing these "how can I make $$$$$$ as an engineer" threads. Why such fixation on accumulating wealth? A Harvard study shows there is no correlation between income and happiness beyond about $50k/yr. In fact at the higher end of the income scale, people actually spend less time on leisure activities.</p>
<p>morfinx: Although I agree, that may be a good topic for another thread. TAMU is probably high because of the petroleum industry where starting salaries now because of shortages are quite amazing. I also know that in the high tech industry, even in low cost of living areas EE's can start for 80k or above. The problem with any career office is that it is often just a sample. I would suspect that at certain start ups and for certain positions 100k is possible especially in a high cost of living areas. The 200K question, really depends on the situation and incentive pay part. In certain industries 150K for senior engineers is common. Add to that bonuses or stock and 200K can be had. But remember the engineering field is broad and the salary ranges are too depending on how good you are, the demand at the time, where you live etc. It is hard to predict what will happen in the economy. Best to pick an area you love and learn as much as you can. Then no matter what happens you can be happy or adapt to the crazy things life may throw at you.</p>
<p>Well morfinx, I can understand the obsession to some extent. Let's face it. College ain't exactly cheap. People justifiably wonder how long it will take for them to earn back what they paid to get their degree. The truth of the matter is that not every college graduate gets a decent job. A lot of college graduates end up in crappy jobs that pay them not much more than what they could have gotten right out of high school. For example, I know one woman who graduated with a degree in the humanities from an Ivy who had helped pay her own way as a part-time waitress, and who discovered to her shock that many of the job offers she was getting would pay her less than what she would have gotten if she had just waited tables full-time.</p>
<p>Well, if people are that concerned about money, it's best to find out here and early on that earning $200k as an engineer is NOT common. I know a few people who went into engineering thinking it would be an extremely high paying profession, which it is not. Not to say it's low-paying, but it's not on the same scale as lawyers and doctors, as some people may think. </p>
<p>Some people just want wealth and power and that won't change no matter what other people say. The happiest engineers aren't always the ones who have the highest salaries, but rather the ones who are the most passionate about it. I've met some who have had to work 70-100 hour weeks at some point in their career, and they still love their jobs. Keep in mind they are salaried employees, so they don't get paid for the extra 30-60 hours (though they probably get a very nice bonus). If you were in this profession only for the money, do you think you can get through those long weeks? It'd be pretty tough...</p>
<p>who has better job prospects UT austin grads or Texas A&M grads?</p>