Long-Term Prospects
Long-Term Prospects
Job Satisfaction
78% for Biomedical Engineering, 72% for Petroleum Engineering, 67% for Civil Engineering, 59% for Chemical EngineeringGeneral quality of life statement
Chances are, if you're considering engineering, you're good with numbers and/or your hands. Here are a couple of facts to consider: Engineering graduates are well over the median in job satisfaction and salary. Pretty sweet, right?
Sometimes, in choosing a major, you have to choose between getting rich or being happy. Statistically, people who major in engineering generally don't have to. The choice is easy for them. When the 25th percentile salary ($53,000) is above the median household income ($51,000), it suffices to say that money won't be an issue.
In fact, most engineers make around $75k, and some lucky ones make even more than that. As if that weren't enough, the job satisfaction rate for certain engineering majors is at a massive 78%—biomedical engineering majors reported liking their jobs that much. Even though some of the other specialties are slightly lower, they still come in higher than the national average.
What does this tell us? If you're up for the major, then it's a great field to be in. Not only will you likely enjoy your job, you'll also make enough to live comfortably. Hey, we didn't make this up. We'll leave that to the engineers.
25th Percentile Salary
$53,000Median Salary
$75,00075th Percentile Salary
$102,000Stats obtained from this source.