Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Energy Engineers make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Energy Engineers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $50750 to $69890 per year or $24 to $34 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of an Energy Engineer will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of an Energy Engineer to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Energy Engineers make with other careers, they have a salary rank of A.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$75	$155650
Senior (Top 25%)	$61	$126200
Middle (Mid 50%)	$47	$96980
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$34	$69890
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$24	$50750

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
DC	$ 64	$ 132,530
MD	$ 57	$ 118,420
VA	$ 57	$ 118,390
AL	$ 56	$ 115,710
NJ	$ 55	$ 114,990
NM	$ 55	$ 114,790
AK	$ 55	$ 114,040
TX	$ 55	$ 113,370
CO	$ 54	$ 111,610
ID	$ 53	$ 110,270

Another simple way to increase your salary as an Energy Engineer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Energy Engineers are in the states of DC, MD, VA, AL and NJ.

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