This page contains key outcome data for the Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
Back to the College Majors Data Dashboard.
Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $63,000 (Rank: 38 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $42,000
- Unemployment Rate: 2.40% (Rank: 25 of 171)
- Percent Female: 6.2%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 17.7%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.5%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 1.2%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 130 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.
- Mechanical Engineers: 13.29% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 6.34% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Engineers, : 6.09% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics: 4.90% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 4.00% (Average Income: $73,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.63% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Civil Engineers: 2.63% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Designers: 2.33% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Aerospace Engineers: 1.98% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Drafters: 1.72% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 1.70% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 1.60% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.58% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists: 1.51% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.46% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: 1.31% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.31%
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.20% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 1.16% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers: 1.08% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.04% (Average Income: $30,000)
- Construction Laborers: 1.02% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 0.97% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 0.97% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Chefs and Cooks: 0.96% (Average Income: $20,000)
Back to the College Majors Data Dashboard.
