This page contains key outcome data for the Aerospace Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $73,000 (Rank: 13 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $53,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.30% (Rank: 60 of 171)
- Percent Female: 14.2%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 41.6%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 4.0%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 6.5%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 90 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.42 (Rank: 6 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Aerospace Engineers: 21.13% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Engineers, : 8.64% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers: 7.66% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 6.66% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 5.85% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Civil Engineers: 5.44% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 2.27% (Average Income: $76,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.15% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Management Analysts: 1.66% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Military, Rank Not Specified: 1.62% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members: 1.55% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.25% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 1.23% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 1.14% (Average Income: $15,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.07%
- Retail Salespersons: 1.01% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 0.91% (Average Income: $69,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 0.76% (Average Income: $60,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 0.71% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Computer Programmers: 0.67% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Materials Engineers: 0.64% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 0.62% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Police Officers and Detectives: 0.61% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Designers: 0.61% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.60% (Average Income: $76,000)
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