Engineers, All Other
US occupation · SOC 17-2199
Pay and outlook
- Median annual wage, May 2025
- $122,930
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Middle half earn
- $90,970 – $158,090
- 25th to 75th percentile
- People employed, May 2025
- 154,070
- Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)
- Projected change, 2025–35
- +3.7%
- At or above the all-jobs rate (3.5% to under 7%)
- Openings a year (projected)
- 8,800
- New jobs plus replacing people who leave
- Typical education to enter
- Bachelor's degree
- BLS
- All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
- Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
- Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.
What the work involves
All engineers not listed separately.
More specific O*NET® occupations under this one: Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar, Mechatronics Engineers, Microsystems Engineers, Nanosystems Engineers, Photonics Engineers, Robotics Engineers, Solar Energy Systems Engineers, Wind Energy Engineers.
Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.
Getting in
- Typical education to enter (BLS)
- Bachelor's degree
Fields of study that lead here
From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 32 programmes to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.
Engineering
- Engineering, General
- Applied Engineering
- Architectural Engineering
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering
- Laser and Optical Engineering
- Telecommunications Engineering
21 more programmes
- Engineering Mechanics
- Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
- Engineering Science
- Ocean Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Construction Engineering
- Forest Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Surveying Engineering
- Geological/Geophysical Engineering
- Paper Science and Engineering
- Electromechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
- Biochemical Engineering
- Engineering Chemistry
- Biological/Biosystems Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Energy Systems Engineering, General
- Power Plant Engineering
- Energy Systems Engineering, Other
- Engineering, Other
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Where many students take engineering
- Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN · 25% of degrees · 44,503 undergraduates
- Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, TX · 17% of degrees · 59,615 undergraduates
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · 42% of degrees · 18,785 undergraduates
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL · 21% of degrees · 36,258 undergraduates
- Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH · 15% of degrees · 45,638 undergraduates
- North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC · 24% of degrees · 27,371 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Health & Nursing
- Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering
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Where many students take health & nursing
- Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, UT · 26% of degrees · 155,088 undergraduates
- Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ · 33% of degrees · 73,371 undergraduates
- Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH · 8% of degrees · 163,164 undergraduates
- The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX · 36% of degrees · 32,294 undergraduates
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL · 13% of degrees · 59,146 undergraduates
- University of South FloridaTampa, FL · 17% of degrees · 37,207 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Other fields
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Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
- Engineering Design
- Nanotechnology
Sources
This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. CollegeMatcher has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET 31.0 Database · CC BY 4.0
Changes: we show the core tasks in the O*NET database with the highest importance ratings (up to eight, in that order), the top three O*NET interest types by score, and shortened Job Zone names. Titles, descriptions and task text are unchanged.
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Projections, typical entry education and training: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35. Fields of study: NCES and BLS CIP 2020–SOC 2018 Crosswalk. All public domain. OEWS · Employment Projections · CIP–SOC crosswalk