Project Engineer Salary

Updated: 27 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	$50K	$100K	$150K
Salary	$47,996 - $99,507
Bonus	$172.61 - $10,119
Profit Sharing	$516 - $8,197
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). )	$47,643 - $104,258
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 27 May 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 3,783

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Job Listings for Project Engineer Jobs

Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Jan 18	Principal ISR Project Engineer	ATS Hire	Columbia, Maryland
	looking for a principal project engineer that understands electro-optic technology and has experience managing the development and deployment side of projects... Indeed
Jan 17	Electrical Hardware Project Engineer	Gentex Corporation	Zeeland, Michigan
	The Hardware Project Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating the development of hardware for automotive embedded systems. This position interfaces... Indeed
Jan 11	Electrical Software Project Engineer	Gentex Corporation	Zeeland, Michigan
	The Software Project Engineer is responsible for planning, monitoring, and leading the development of... and monitoring of project issues, requirements... Indeed
Jan 11	Senior Project Engineer	ARINC	Marina Del Rey, California
	and Project Manager, the Senior Project Engineer is... and hardware on the project. Meets routinely with project manager to update project status and meets... Indeed

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Popular Employers

Salary Range


ExxonMobil Corporation	$90,162 - $140,000
Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.	$46,290 - $79,713
Fluor Corporation	$75,000 - $124,391
Honeywell International Inc	$72,000 - $100,000
British Petroleum (BP)	$83,066 - $117,345

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Popular Industries

Salary Range


Engineering Consulting	$48,720 - $92,878
Construction	$48,836 - $94,792
Aerospace and Defense	$51,627 - $99,389
Oil & Gas	$53,489 - $107,545
Manufacturing and Distribution	$49,385 - $93,871

Key Statistics for Project Engineer Salaries and Jobs

Gender

	Female 12%			Male 88%
Salary:	$56,257 - $77,653			$55,751 - $81,257

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

35%

5-9 years

30%

10-19 years

18%

20 years or more

12%

Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	$46,372 - $93,777
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Mechanical Engineering (ME)	$51,428 - $98,039
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Civil Engineering (CE)	$44,804 - $81,320
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng / BE), Mechanical Engineering (ME)	$48,877 - $96,889
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	$62,428 - $117,029

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Most Common Health Benefits

	Medical: 90%		Dental: 78%
	Vision: 59%		None: 9%

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Career Path for Project Engineer Jobs

Common Past Jobs

Common Future Jobs

Project Engineer

Salary Range

$47,643 - $104,258

	Mechanical Engineer $42,354 - $87,757
	Electrical Engineer $45,930 - $100,141
	Engineering Intern $23,681 - $54,748

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Common Future Jobs

Project Engineer

Salary Range

$47,643 - $104,258

	Civil Engineer $42,115 - $88,401
	Project Manager, Construction $42,115 - $111,912
	Mechanical Engineer $42,354 - $87,757

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Project Engineer Job Description

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

Engineering Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.

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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Think Bond

Project Engineer - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States

Think Bond, not James who is ficticious, but Barry. World Series, game seven, bottom of 9th., your team losing by one, one out, bases loaded, you're up. What are you gonna do? Fly sacrifice and bring the tying one in, hoping next at bat will win it? guess what? I'm going for the GRAND SLAM. risky? you bet. But that is who a smart boss is going to trust in big decision making. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. There are times when you just gotta go out there, take the big swing and ge...

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Stay in the same town

Project Engineer - (City withheld for privacy), Louisiana, United States

Stay in the same town. Your reputation will be readily available and can be built on. A little travel is OK but keep your community activities. If changing jobs, stay in the same town and take something closely related to what you were doing. The disruption of moving isn't worth it. You will have to start all over in the new town where nobody knows you.

Posted in Work Life Balance on 7 Nov 2006