This page contains key outcome data for the Mechanical 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: $75,000 (Rank: 11 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $53,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.00% (Rank: 50 of 171)
- Percent Female: 12.8%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 34.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.8%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 5.0%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 21 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.26 (Rank: 18 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.
- Mechanical Engineers: 20.09% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Engineers, : 12.80% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 5.69% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Civil Engineers: 4.94% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.68% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Aerospace Engineers: 3.08% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 2.82% (Average Income: $93,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 1.58% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Chemical Engineers: 1.48% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Designers: 1.47% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Drafters: 1.44% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.41% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.36%
- Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers: 1.30% (Average Income: $113,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.20% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 1.14% (Average Income: $98,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.11% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Constructions Managers: 1.05% (Average Income: $89,000)
- Materials Engineers: 0.94% (Average Income: $76,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 0.86% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 0.84% (Average Income: $71,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 0.84% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 0.76% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Management Analysts: 0.71% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Sales Engineers: 0.68% (Average Income: $95,000)
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