Tracking the 2005 AAES Engineering Salary Survey

A salaray survey of engineers working in industry and government was carried out by the Engineering Workforce Commission of the American Association of Engineering. Some 38,013 engineers responded to the survey. From 2004 to 2005, engineering salaries remained relatively steady. In general, the "median" engineers at the end of their careers saw a slight drop in their earnings in 2005. After a 14% salary raise for engineers with more than 35 years of experience in 2003, salaries dropped back in the following years to 95,506 in 2004 and then to $94,164 in 2005. Starting salaries remained relatively unchanged over the past three years. Type of industry, company size, geographic region, education level, and supervisory status all reflected compensation levels in 2005.