Design Engineer Salary

Updated: 23 May 2012

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	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$29K	$58K	$87K
Salary	$44,039 - $85,073
Bonus	$0.00 - $8,145
Profit Sharing	$511 - $7,830
Total Pay (? XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare). )	$41,350 - $86,256
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 23 May 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 685

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Job Listings for Design Engineer Jobs

Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
May 03	Wire Harness Design Engineer	LEAR	Southfield, Michigan
	To design and develop a strong wire harness design along with strong implementation of DFMEA's, DFSS... stop in the wire harness design Job Specific Skills... Indeed
May 22	Sr. Physical Design Integration Engineer	Apple	Austin, Texas
	Sr. Physical Design Integration Engineer Responsible... in Industry standard tool physical design and verification of designs implemented in deep sub-micron... Indeed
Jun 04	Sr Electrical Engineer - Circuit Design	Rockwell Collins	Portland, Oregon
	Sr Electrical Engineer - Circuit Design - HMD0000001Y Rockwell Collins is an equal opportunity employer... a mentor to more junior engineers in additional areas... Indeed
Jun 07	FPGA Design Engineer	ASICSoft	San Jose, California
	Contract FPGA Design using Xilinx for video technologies. Must have very strong front-end RTL for FPGA or ASIC designs. Will spend a fair amount of time in the... Indeed

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Companies and Industries for Design Engineer Salaries

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Adtran Inc	Not enough data
General Electric (GE) Energy	Not enough data
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	Not enough data
B/E Aerospace Corporation	Not enough data
General Electric (GE) Aviation	Not enough data

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Popular Industries

Salary Range


Engineering Consulting	$46,268 - $96,260
Manufacturing and Distribution	$45,483 - $89,371
Aerospace and Defense	$48,274 - $99,352
Semiconductors	$47,111 - $94,662
Aerospace Manufacturing	$47,106 - $91,840

Key Statistics for Design Engineer Salaries and Jobs

Gender

	Female 9%			Male 91%
Salary:	$50,678 - $69,263			$49,874 - $69,500

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

47%

5-9 years

28%

10-19 years

12%

20 years or more

Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	$43,611 - $76,356
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Mechanical Engineering (ME)	$45,999 - $78,429
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng / BE), Mechanical Engineering (ME)	$42,398 - $73,753
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Civil Engineering (CE)	$44,353 - $71,882
Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering (ME)	$53,201 - $91,572

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Most Common Health Benefits

	Medical: 87%		Dental: 76%
	Vision: 55%		None: 11%

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Career Path for Design Engineer Jobs

Common Past Jobs

Common Future Jobs

Design Engineer

Salary Range

$41,350 - $86,256

	Engineering Intern $23,652 - $54,404
	Computer Aided Design (CAD) Drafter $25,143 - $52,523
	Mechanical Designer $34,904 - $66,957

Common Past Jobs

Common Future Jobs

Design Engineer

Salary Range

$41,350 - $86,256

	Civil Engineer $42,123 - $88,376
	Mechanical Engineer $42,342 - $87,655
	Project Engineer $46,663 - $103,802

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Design Engineer Job Description

People with the job title Design Engineer typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Agricultural Engineers

Apply knowledge of engineering technology and biological science to agricultural problems concerned with power and machinery, electrification, structures, soil and water conservation, and processing of agricultural products.

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