This page contains key outcome data for the Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies 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: $64,000 (Rank: 37 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $37,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.90% (Rank: 91 of 171)
- Percent Female: 21.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 18.1%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.4%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 1.4%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 104 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 6.85% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 5.30% (Average Income: $93,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 4.90% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Civil Engineers: 3.39% (Average Income: $100,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 3.05% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Constructions Managers: 2.84% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 2.72% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Drafters: 2.59% (Average Income: $53,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.58% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.52%
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, : 2.08% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Engineers, : 2.02% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Designers: 1.99% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 1.74% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators: 1.54% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers: 1.54% (Average Income: $107,000)
- Computer Programmers: 1.43% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.30% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.22% (Average Income: $43,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.19% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 1.12% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 1.06% (Average Income: $76,000)
- Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers: 1.06% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.03% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 0.98% (Average Income: $41,000)
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