<p>What is considered a decent salary for a summer intern for various engineering majors? Let's say the job seeker is going into his/her senior year of college with no relevant intern or coop experience, but has had other jobs, a relatively high gpa (over a 3.5), and good extracurriculars.</p>
<p>There was someone in Engineering in the Umich forums who said he got 13K for the summer with a 3.6 GPA going into his junior year.</p>
<p>I bet it varies greatly by company.</p>
<p>Varies by major, industry and GPA.</p>
<p>I say for average.</p>
<p>3k per month for Civils
3.5k for MechE/EE
3.7k for ChemE
4.5k for Petroleum/oil industry.</p>
<p>It definitely varies by company, industry, discipline, etc. I dont know that the no experience part would necessarily influence the salary itself, as Ive always found that it depends mostly on your year in school, not how many other internships youve had.</p>
<p>Its really a useless topic to discuss in any specific sense without knowing what you major is and what industry you think youll be working in. However, in a general sense the range goes from about 2200/month to 6000/month. On top of salary, numerous companies will pay for relocation and certain benefits.</p>
<p>It varies by location and industry. None of my internships had different rates based on major or by GPA for the same position.</p>
<p>My jobs were all hourly (not salaried) so it also varied a lot based on hours worked. Sometimes it would be 40 hours/week, but at times we worked up to 70 hours.</p>
<p>I’m a che. My coops started at $14/hr. One was in the pulp/paper industry. The other was a small but rapidly growing pharmaceutical/biomedical company. Both co-ops were in Alabama so the cost of living is low as well.</p>
<p>“3k per month for Civils
3.5k for MechE/EE
3.7k for ChemE
4.5k for Petroleum/oil industry.”</p>
<p>That seems like a very high average. Are you saying average for someone with a 3.5, or with an average (which here is like a 2.8) GPA?</p>
<p>At the University I interned in, I was paid $5000 during the 10 week program. I was in Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>Depends on a large number of factors.</p>
<p>That said, I’ve seen EE internships range from $11/hr to $25/hr. The internship I had in EE paid $21.</p>
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<p>Maybe for graduate internships. Most of my buddies got paid about $1k/week while they were interning over the summer. Undergraduate ones typically do not pay nearly that well. Just going by the statistics Georgia Tech collects, the average intern/co-op salary is around $15 per hour, but depends on your experience level.</p>
<p>Where you are matters a lot. At my local engineering college, ECE majors had average internship/co-op pay of $16.75/hr. in 2005, the most recent data available.</p>
<p>GThopeful,</p>
<p>I got the information from UT-Austin’s engineering career assistance center.</p>
<p>[Summer</a> Intern Salary Information](<a href=“Career Services”>Career Services)</p>
<p>Granted, this is based off of the a fraction of the students who reported offers but when I was a UG i found the Petroleum/Mechanical ranges to be accurate.</p>
<p>I’m getting $17.75/hr right now as a Junior in Aero. A little different from what you are asking for, but I thought I’d include it for comparison.</p>
<p>60k prorated, 2k signing bonus as sophomore in IE</p>
<p>What do they make interns do anyway, to deserve such moolah?</p>
<p>nshah9617 - The high for M E is 58k/month as an intern?!</p>
<p>^Probably a guy who just put one too many 0s, multiplied it by 12 (so for a year what his salary would be), or just lied.</p>
<p>@TomServo,</p>
<p>What ever entry level employees do but for less money.</p>
<p>"@TomServo,</p>
<p>What ever entry level employees do but for less money. "</p>
<p>Disagree. I got paid the same signing bonus (prorated) and salary (prorated) as a first year analyst. But I did way less.</p>