Engineer earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level engineer earnings begin at:

$66.78 per hour

$138,898 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level engineer earnings begin at:

$55.05 per hour

$114,512 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level engineer earnings begin at:

$42.87 per hour

$89,170 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level engineer earnings begin at:

$31.83 per hour

$66,198 per year

10th percentile

Starting level engineer earnings begin at:

$22.69 per hour

$47,205 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Engineer salary by state

State Name Average Salary
Delaware $96,888
Washington $95,538
New Mexico $94,908
Connecticut $94,897
Alabama $94,154
Michigan $89,773
Rhode Island $89,170
Minnesota $88,162
Idaho $87,218
Nevada $86,822
New Hampshire $85,690
Arizona $85,561
West Virginia $85,050
Hawaii $84,631
Oklahoma $83,899
Utah $83,670
Mississippi $83,297
Wyoming $83,184
Louisiana $83,110
South Carolina $82,298
Kansas $81,487
Tennessee $80,453
Vermont $79,485
Missouri $78,984
Colorado $78,836
Maine $78,191
North Dakota $77,783
Iowa $77,600
Nebraska $77,587
Kentucky $76,456
Wisconsin $76,327
South Dakota $75,705
Montana $75,411
Georgia $74,877
Oregon $74,000
Indiana $73,063
Illinois $72,932
California $72,675
Pennsylvania $72,000
Arkansas $70,752
Virginia $70,329
Maryland $70,000
North Carolina $69,000
Texas $68,726
New Jersey $64,740
New York $62,882
Ohio $61,000
Guam $60,898
Massachusetts $56,383
Florida $53,804
Puerto Rico $52,226
District of Columbia $113,026
Alaska $108,160

How do engineer salaries compare to similar careers?

Engineers earn about the same as related careers in Rhode Island. On average, they make less than industrial engineers but more than geodesists.

Career Median Salary
Industrial engineer salary $91K
Computer systems engineer salary $81K
Software quality assurance engineer salary $81K
Software engineer salary $93K
Mechanical engineer salary $87K
Engineer salary $89K
Environmental engineer salary $88K
Water engineer salary $88K
Civil engineer salary $83K
Geodesist salary $50K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)