May 2004 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Architecture and Engineering Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages, are available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

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			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
17-0000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	2,372,770	$27.94	$29.69	$61,750	0.2 %
17-1011	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	94,280	$28.99	$31.84	$66,230	0.8 %
17-1012	Landscape Architects	17,960	$25.54	$27.73	$57,680	2.2 %
17-1021	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	9,870	$22.15	$23.48	$48,830	1.4 %
17-1022	Surveyors	52,680	$20.66	$22.15	$46,080	0.8 %
17-2011	Aerospace Engineers	73,650	$38.03	$38.68	$80,460	1.4 %
17-2021	Agricultural Engineers	3,220	$27.17	$29.04	$60,400	2.8 %
17-2031	Biomedical Engineers	8,650	$32.54	$34.04	$70,800	1.4 %
17-2041	Chemical Engineers	30,320	$36.91	$38.49	$80,050	2.1 %
17-2051	Civil Engineers	218,220	$30.88	$32.18	$66,930	0.4 %
17-2061	Computer Hardware Engineers	74,760	$39.02	$40.39	$84,010	0.9 %
17-2071	Electrical Engineers	148,310	$34.43	$35.68	$74,220	0.5 %
17-2072	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	135,560	$36.43	$37.24	$77,450	0.5 %
17-2081	Environmental Engineers	47,690	$31.96	$32.86	$68,350	0.8 %
17-2111	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	25,860	$30.64	$31.78	$66,110	1.5 %
17-2112	Industrial Engineers	174,960	$31.26	$32.05	$66,660	0.3 %
17-2121	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	6,620	$34.63	$35.44	$73,720	1.8 %
17-2131	Materials Engineers	21,130	$32.26	$33.36	$69,390	0.8 %
17-2141	Mechanical Engineers	217,010	$31.88	$32.91	$68,460	0.4 %
17-2151	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	5,050	$31.10	$32.77	$68,160	1.4 %
17-2161	Nuclear Engineers	17,180	$40.81	$42.67	$88,760	1.8 %
17-2171	Petroleum Engineers	14,690	$42.55	$44.15	$91,820	1.5 %
17-2199	Engineers, All Other	159,720	$35.78	$36.32	$75,540	0.6 %
17-3011	Architectural and Civil Drafters	101,060	$18.84	$19.59	$40,750	0.5 %
17-3012	Electrical and Electronics Drafters	34,850	$20.76	$22.48	$46,760	1.0 %
17-3013	Mechanical Drafters	76,610	$20.67	$21.70	$45,140	0.7 %
17-3019	Drafters, All Other	22,620	$20.13	$21.91	$45,560	7.1 %
17-3021	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians	9,260	$25.24	$25.98	$54,040	1.6 %
17-3022	Civil Engineering Technicians	90,000	$18.50	$19.18	$39,900	0.6 %
17-3023	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians	178,560	$22.26	$22.66	$47,130	0.4 %
17-3024	Electro-Mechanical Technicians	18,770	$19.92	$20.74	$43,130	0.9 %
17-3025	Environmental Engineering Technicians	19,840	$18.53	$19.55	$40,660	1.6 %
17-3026	Industrial Engineering Technicians	68,210	$20.96	$22.64	$47,080	1.3 %
17-3027	Mechanical Engineering Technicians	46,990	$20.87	$21.66	$45,050	0.5 %
17-3029	Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	88,100	$23.77	$23.86	$49,630	0.7 %
17-3031	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60,530	$14.60	$15.76	$32,780	0.6 %

About May 2004 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

National OES estimates by SOC major group