Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineer

Gross salary in United States is

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80% of people earn:

62K - 118K USD

10% earn less lthan 62K USD

10% earns more than 118K USD

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Mechanical Engineer position in the United States earn between 62,412 USD and 117,588 USD annually gross.

10% of employees earn less than 62,412 USD and 10% of people earn more than 117,588 USD.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

Description of job position

Designing components, machinery, equipment, automated equipment, tools and systems with the use of specialised software.
Communicating with clients with the aim to determine their needs.
Completing analyses and cost estimation.
Contacting manufacturing companies in connection with prototype production.
Incorporating client comments into the proposals.
Product analysing and testing.
Communicating with subcontractors and other team members.
Solving incurred technical and technological problems.

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Position Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical Engineering in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

253. place

Women representation in position

Average age of respondent by position

812. place

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252. place

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