This page contains key outcome data for the Engineering and Industrial Management 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: 36 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $39,000
- Unemployment Rate: 2.50% (Rank: 29 of 171)
- Percent Female: 28.3%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 28.6%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.7%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 1.3%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 146 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): 10.39% (Average Income: $90,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 5.04% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 4.75% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 3.47% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics: 2.69% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 2.69% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Civil Engineers: 2.51% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Constructions Managers: 2.46% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.45% (Average Income: $31,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 2.43% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Management Analysts: 2.20% (Average Income: $94,000)
- Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture: 1.85% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Financial Managers: 1.64% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Computer and Information Systems Managers: 1.50% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Human Resources Managers: 1.42% (Average Income: $175,000)
- Military, Rank Not Specified: 1.36% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Carpenters: 1.31% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Sales Engineers: 1.27% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.24% (Average Income: $101,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.24% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Engineers, : 1.15% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.09% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.05% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 1.03% (Average Income: $29,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.00% (Average Income: $51,000)
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