Engineering Salaries and Job Prospects Are Growing Slowly 26734Engineering Salaries and Job Prospects Are Growing Slowly 26734

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows tepid salary and job growth for engineers.

Rob Spiegel

September 7, 2016

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New projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals lukewarm growth for engineering salaries and job growth.

Overall job prospects over the coming decades varies by engineering discipline. Some disciplines are expanding at a good clip, while others are declining. Overall employment of engineers is projected to grow 3% over the decade, adding about 67,200 new jobs.

The employment growth rate for engineers is slower than the average for all occupations, in part because several occupations in the group are projected to decline as improvements in technology, such as design software and plant automation, make workers more productive.

The median annual wage for engineers is currently $76,870. That’s more than twice the median annual wage for all occupations in the economy, which is $36,200.

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Median pay: $107,830Number of jobs: 72,500Job outlook over coming decade: 2% decline(Source: i7engineering.com)

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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.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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