May 2003 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	2,376,650	$26.89	$28.48	$59,230	0.3 %
17-1011	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	91,010	$27.86	$31.18	$64,850	1.5 %
17-1012	Landscape Architects	18,910	$24.27	$26.39	$54,900	2.4 %
17-1021	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	8,940	$21.24	$22.37	$46,520	1.5 %
17-1022	Surveyors	51,490	$19.64	$21.06	$43,810	0.8 %
17-2011	Aerospace Engineers	70,740	$35.83	$36.54	$76,000	1.2 %
17-2021	Agricultural Engineers	2,270	$24.51	$27.11	$56,380	2.1 %
17-2031	Biomedical Engineers	6,980	$30.61	$32.20	$66,980	1.4 %
17-2041	Chemical Engineers	32,490	$35.46	$36.66	$76,250	1.2 %
17-2051	Civil Engineers	206,350	$29.73	$31.07	$64,620	0.4 %
17-2061	Computer Hardware Engineers	72,550	$36.53	$38.15	$79,350	1.2 %
17-2071	Electrical Engineers	146,150	$33.48	$34.66	$72,090	0.5 %
17-2072	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	137,320	$34.31	$35.16	$73,140	0.6 %
17-2081	Environmental Engineers	45,480	$30.19	$31.16	$64,820	0.8 %
17-2111	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	29,920	$28.68	$30.01	$62,420	1.9 %
17-2112	Industrial Engineers	156,780	$30.23	$30.91	$64,290	0.4 %
17-2121	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4,960	$33.89	$34.52	$71,800	1.9 %
17-2131	Materials Engineers	23,120	$30.25	$31.19	$64,870	0.9 %
17-2141	Mechanical Engineers	207,810	$30.72	$31.75	$66,040	0.4 %
17-2151	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	4,730	$30.06	$31.78	$66,090	2.7 %
17-2161	Nuclear Engineers	16,010	$40.18	$41.12	$85,520	1.3 %
17-2171	Petroleum Engineers	11,630	$40.34	$41.86	$87,070	1.9 %
17-3011	Architectural and Civil Drafters	97,800	$18.12	$18.84	$39,190	0.6 %
17-3012	Electrical and Electronics Drafters	33,720	$20.06	$21.56	$44,840	0.8 %
17-3013	Mechanical Drafters	74,010	$19.96	$20.88	$43,430	0.5 %
17-3021	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians	13,900	$25.33	$25.91	$53,890	1.2 %
17-3022	Civil Engineering Technicians	90,060	$18.30	$18.89	$39,290	0.8 %
17-3023	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians	177,940	$20.98	$21.70	$45,150	0.4 %
17-3024	Electro-Mechanical Technicians	25,820	$18.88	$19.68	$40,930	0.8 %
17-3025	Environmental Engineering Technicians	17,630	$17.88	$19.01	$39,530	1.1 %
17-3026	Industrial Engineering Technicians	64,260	$20.13	$21.68	$45,090	1.0 %
17-3027	Mechanical Engineering Technicians	50,510	$20.14	$20.84	$43,340	0.5 %
17-3031	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	57,740	$14.19	$15.39	$32,000	0.7 %

About May 2003 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(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