This page contains key outcome data for the Industrial and Manufacturing 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: 14 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $48,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.10% (Rank: 52 of 171)
- Percent Female: 33.4%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 35.2%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.6%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 2.6%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 69 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.09 (Rank: 39 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.
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 14.54% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 6.58% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Engineers, : 5.96% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Management Analysts: 4.66% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 4.50% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 3.65% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 2.88% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.14%
- Civil Engineers: 1.94% (Average Income: $72,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.78% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.77% (Average Income: $92,000)
- Materials Engineers: 1.74% (Average Income: $70,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.72% (Average Income: $94,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.68% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 1.36% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.13% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Aerospace Engineers: 1.07% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Logisticians: 1.05% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.99% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 0.95% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Industrial Production Managers: 0.93% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Personal Financial Advisors: 0.88% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Sales Engineers: 0.88% (Average Income: $94,000)
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks: 0.87% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 0.80% (Average Income: $36,000)
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