2000 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Architecture and Engineering Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia.

Click on the SOC Code Number to view that occupation's definition, additional wage estimates, and relative standard error (RSE) estimates.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (1)	Mean RSE
17-0000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	2,575,620	$24.77	$25.99	$54,060	0.4 %
17-1011	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	74,390	$25.24	$26.93	$56,020	1.3 %
17-1012	Landscape Architects	17,130	$20.93	$23.61	$49,120	4.5 %
17-1021	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	7,360	$18.95	$19.98	$41,560	1.3 %
17-1022	Surveyors	52,750	$17.64	$18.78	$39,060	1.3 %
17-2011	Aerospace Engineers	71,550	$32.66	$33.19	$69,040	1.1 %
17-2021	Agricultural Engineers	2,170	$26.85	$28.29	$58,840	3.8 %
17-2031	Biomedical Engineers	6,600	$27.63	$29.36	$61,060	1.7 %
17-2041	Chemical Engineers	31,530	$31.71	$32.29	$67,160	0.8 %
17-2051	Civil Engineers	207,080	$26.80	$28.07	$58,380	0.5 %
17-2061	Computer Hardware Engineers	63,680	$32.36	$33.70	$70,100	1.0 %
17-2071	Electrical Engineers	162,400	$31.21	$31.89	$66,320	0.7 %
17-2072	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	123,690	$31.17	$31.97	$66,490	0.6 %
17-2081	Environmental Engineers	48,270	$27.78	$28.70	$59,710	0.7 %
17-2111	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	42,800	$26.26	$27.08	$56,340	1.4 %
17-2112	Industrial Engineers	171,810	$28.16	$28.80	$59,900	0.5 %
17-2121	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4,680	$29.27	$29.57	$61,500	1.8 %
17-2131	Materials Engineers	24,430	$28.41	$29.05	$60,420	0.8 %
17-2141	Mechanical Engineers	207,300	$28.23	$29.26	$60,860	1.0 %
17-2151	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	6,690	$29.24	$30.96	$64,390	3.3 %
17-2161	Nuclear Engineers	12,610	$38.15	$37.87	$78,770	1.1 %
17-2171	Petroleum Engineers	10,250	$37.94	$38.42	$79,910	1.9 %
17-3011	Architectural and Civil Drafters	92,610	$16.93	$17.84	$37,100	0.8 %
17-3012	Electrical and Electronics Drafters	38,470	$18.37	$19.43	$40,420	1.2 %
17-3013	Mechanical Drafters	69,620	$18.19	$19.39	$40,330	1.2 %
17-3021	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians	19,850	$23.37	$24.00	$49,920	1.4 %
17-3022	Civil Engineering Technicians	89,200	$17.30	$17.84	$37,110	0.8 %
17-3023	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians	244,570	$19.24	$19.81	$41,210	0.9 %
17-3024	Electro-Mechanical Technicians	40,770	$17.38	$18.57	$38,630	2.0 %
17-3025	Environmental Engineering Technicians	17,530	$16.35	$17.55	$36,500	1.3 %
17-3026	Industrial Engineering Technicians	65,220	$19.67	$21.31	$44,330	1.4 %
17-3027	Mechanical Engineering Technicians	58,490	$19.03	$19.93	$41,460	1.5 %
17-3031	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	51,640	$13.48	$14.61	$30,380	0.9 %

About 2000 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

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

(1) 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.

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.

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