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Salary$47,622 - $101,331  
   
Bonus$506 - $10,362  
Profit Sharing$517 - $8,891  
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$47,164 - $107,424  
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Companies and Industries for Project Engineer Jobs

Popular Employers

Salary Range

ExxonMobil Corporation$85,789 - $156,978
Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.$50,250 - $76,620
Northrop Grumman Corporation$76,302 - $102,985
General Motors Corporation$70,054 - $90,000
Schlumberger$75,524 - $95,000
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Salary Range

Engineering Consulting$47,394 - $95,856
Aerospace and Defense$49,978 - $102,867
Construction$46,851 - $98,078
Oil & Gas$51,684 - $112,645
Manufacturing and Distribution$47,486 - $96,930

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Key Statistics for Project Engineer Jobs

Gender
Female
12%
female alumni
 
Male
88%
male alumni
Salary:$56,559 - $78,197 $56,291 - $82,881
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
5%
1-4 years
34%
5-9 years
30%
10-19 years
19%
20 years or more
13%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 89% dental benefits Dental: 78%
vision benefits Vision: 59% employee benefits None: 9%

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Career Path for Project Engineer Jobs

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Project Engineer

Salary Range

$47,164 - $107,424
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Mechanical Engineer
$41,599 - $89,184
Electrical Engineer
$44,909 - $101,697
Engineering Intern
$23,193 - $55,665
 
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Project Engineer

Salary Range

$47,164 - $107,424
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Civil Engineer
$41,678 - $90,543
Project Manager, Construction
$42,065 - $118,127
Mechanical Engineer
$41,599 - $89,184
 

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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.

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
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...
Posted in 5 Years Ago on 2 Jun 2007
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
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