What kind of engineers earned big in 2018?


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Nicole Wolf

A research report has been published to clarify the actual income of American engineers. Overall, revenue has increased year-on-year, but there are differences depending on the field, and it is also clear which areas of engineers are high and which are relatively low.

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IEEE, an academic society on electrical and electronic technology, has released the 2019 edition of the IEEE-USA Salary & Benefits Survey, a survey report on the current and long-term trends in IEEE members' income, salary, and benefits.

According to this report, the median income of American engineers in 2018 was $ 145,000 (about 16 million yen), $ 6200 compared to 2017 (about 700,000 yen), 15,000 compared to 2014 An increase in the dollar (about 1.6 million yen) was confirmed. This figure includes salaries, fees and bonuses, but does not include overtime or side income. The median will change to 150,000 dollars (about 16 million yen) when overtime and side income are added.



However, the increase in income varies depending on the engineering field of the engineer.


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Kobu Agency

Smartphone-related and machine learning engineers were the biggest revenues, and the median revenue of smartphone-related engineers was $ 215,771 (about 23 million yen), and machine learning engineers were $ 185,000 (about 20 million Yen). In addition, the revenue of communications engineers is high, with a median of $ 161,500 (about 17 million yen).



Meanwhile, energy and power engineering, robotics and automation, instrumentation and measurement engineers have relatively low median revenues of $ 130,000 ($ 14 million), $ 130,000, and $ 125,000 ( It is shown to be about 13.5 million yen). In addition, this survey is classified according to the type of business of the employer, not the job.

Differences in income by gender are also shown, with a median difference in overall income of $ 19,000 (about 2 million yen). The difference of $ 1000 (about 110,000 yen) has shrunk since 2017, but there is still a big gap. In addition, when dividing the career of the engineer into 2 to 45 years, the income difference narrows as the career goes longer, but the median value of women's income exceeds that of men is less than 2 years '35' '39 years' category only. Of those who responded to the survey, only 8.5% responded that they were working full-time in their own specialized field.



The survey results also showed a racial disparity. The difference between whites and African Americans is particularly large, and the difference with people in the Asia / Oceania region is relatively small.



The median age of the engineers who responded to the survey was 50 years old, but by chance it was shown that income began to peak around 50 and gradually decreased.



In addition, a total of 8813 engineers responded to the survey, and analysis was conducted focusing on data for 6739 persons excluding outliers.

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