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Engineering Employment and Salaries
2002 Connecticut Engineering Employment Data*
Field Number Employed Mechanical Engineers 5,360 Electrical/Electronics Engineers 3,110 Industrial Engineers 3,030 Civil Engineers 2,640 Environmental Engineers 680 Chemical Engineers 500 Computer Hardware Engineers 490 Biomedical Engineers 130 **What’s A Degree Worth?
Field Average Starting Salary Computer Engineering $ 53,117 Chemical Engineering $ 52,563 Electrical Engineering $ 49,926 Mechanical Engineering $ 49,088 Computer Science $ 48,656 Industrial Engineering $ 48,283 Information Sciences $ 42,108 Accounting $ 42,045 Civil Engineering $ 41,046 Economics/Finance $ 40,596 Business Administration $ 37,368 Nursing $ 37,253 Marketing $ 36,071 * Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov
** Source: CNN and Money Magazine here.
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