Take a look at 2015's engineering salaries by discipline and employer, including bottom, middle, and top ranges.

Rob Spiegel

September 23, 2015

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What Industries Are the Highest-Paid Engineers Working In?

Here are recent salaries details for engineering jobs by discipline. In addition to showing the range of salaries for electrical, mechanical and seven other engineering disciplines, the EngineeringSalarary.comlist also includes salaries by bottom 10 percent, top 10 percent, and middle 50 percent.

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Aerospace engineer salaries for the middle 50 percent range between $61,710 and $96,980. Salaries for the lowest 10 percent are less than $50,320. Salaries for the highest 10 percent are more than $122,640. Median salaries for industries employing the largest number of aerospace engineers are:Federal government: $80,440Search and navigation equipment: $76,310Aircraft, parts and components: $77,280Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts: $74,750
(Source: ae.sjsu.edu)

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Rob Spiegel has covered automation and control for 15 years, 12 of them for Design News. Other topics he has covered include supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cyber security. For 10 years he was owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.

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Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer and hired on full-time in 2011. He covers automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to Design News, he worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He has contributed to a wide range of industrial technology publications, including Automation World, Supply Chain Management Review, and Logistics Management. He is the author of six books.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication.

As well as writing for Design News, Rob also participates in IME shows, webinars, and ebooks.

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