How Much Do Engineering Professors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Engineering Professors

Engineering Professors teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$114130
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$114130 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$55,440 to $76,510 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Engineering Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $55,440 to $76,510 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
A

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Postsecondary Engineering Teachers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $* $188,980
Senior (Top 25%) $* $139,610
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $103,600
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $76,510
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $55,440

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
NH $* $138,480
MD $* $135,100
MA $* $132,600
HI $* $130,540
NY $* $126,770
IL $* $125,690
MI $* $123,740
CA $* $123,230
WA $* $121,760
TX $* $118,180

* Postsecondary Engineering Teachers are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.

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

According to BLS, the highest paid Engineering Professors are in the states of NH, MD, MA, HI and NY.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $117320 $*
Junior Colleges $93220 $*
Technical and Trade Schools $69240 $*

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