1999 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	2,506,380	$23.66	$24.81	$51,600	0.5 %
17-1011	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (3)	71,040	$23.67	$25.68	$53,410	1.4 %
17-1012	Landscape Architects (3)	13,870	$19.24	$21.40	$44,510	1.8 %
17-1021	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	6,150	$19.20	$19.74	$41,060	2.6 %
17-1022	Surveyors	50,150	$16.61	$17.50	$36,400	1.5 %
17-2011	Aerospace Engineers (3)	71,790	$31.35	$31.03	$64,550	1.4 %
17-2021	Agricultural Engineers (3)	2,260	$26.25	$26.85	$55,840	2.9 %
17-2031	Biomedical Engineers	6,450	$24.36	$25.21	$52,430	1.7 %
17-2041	Chemical Engineers (3)	28,630	$31.84	$30.89	$64,250	0.5 %
17-2051	Civil Engineers (3)	209,100	$25.83	$26.76	$55,660	0.3 %
17-2061	Computer Hardware Engineers	60,420	$31.12	$32.19	$66,960	1.2 %
17-2071	Electrical Engineers	149,210	$29.15	$29.58	$61,520	1.1 %
17-2072	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	106,830	$29.96	$30.49	$63,410	1.0 %
17-2081	Environmental Engineers	51,450	$26.39	$27.43	$57,050	1.1 %
17-2111	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	40,470	$25.16	$25.81	$53,680	1.6 %
17-2112	Industrial Engineers	155,910	$26.81	$27.62	$57,450	0.8 %
17-2121	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (3)	4,450	$27.89	$28.16	$58,580	1.5 %
17-2131	Materials Engineers (3)	21,730	$28.29	$28.54	$59,370	0.7 %
17-2141	Mechanical Engineers (3)	202,910	$26.85	$27.41	$57,010	0.4 %
17-2151	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	7,160	$28.03	$29.76	$61,900	3.7 %
17-2161	Nuclear Engineers (3)	9,580	$35.87	$35.04	$72,870	1.2 %
17-2171	Petroleum Engineers (3)	9,640	$35.71	$34.99	$72,780	1.1 %
17-3011	Architectural and Civil Drafters	92,790	$16.37	$17.40	$36,190	1.2 %
17-3012	Electrical and Electronics Drafters	39,890	$17.93	$18.82	$39,150	1.4 %
17-3013	Mechanical Drafters	65,960	$17.37	$18.57	$38,620	2.2 %
17-3021	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians	17,270	$21.39	$23.38	$48,630	3.4 %
17-3022	Civil Engineering Technicians (3)	91,040	$16.35	$16.95	$35,270	0.6 %
17-3023	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians	242,160	$18.45	$18.94	$39,390	1.0 %
17-3024	Electro-Mechanical Technicians	40,310	$16.79	$17.91	$37,250	2.1 %
17-3025	Environmental Engineering Technicians	18,640	$15.58	$16.86	$35,060	2.6 %
17-3026	Industrial Engineering Technicians (3)	51,690	$19.41	$20.83	$43,320	0.8 %
17-3027	Mechanical Engineering Technicians	57,560	$18.41	$19.50	$40,560	1.2 %
17-3031	Surveying and Mapping Technicians (3)	47,330	$12.87	$14.07	$29,260	0.8 %

About 1999 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.

(3) = Wage rates are calculated using three years of data: 1997, 1998, and 1999.

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