Field of degree: Engineering technologies
Table 1. Engineering technologies degree, 2019
Data |
Engineering technologies |
All fields |
Employment
|
476,500 |
56,820,460 |
Median wage
|
78,000 |
60,000 |
Percent employed part time
|
9 |
15 |
Percent employed in occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree
|
56 |
61 |
Percent with an advanced degree
|
25 |
37 |
Chart 1. Types of engineering technologies majors, 2019
Engineering technologies majors |
Major share |
Electrical Engineering Technology
|
26% |
Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies
|
23 |
Industrial Production Technologies
|
18 |
Engineering Technologies
|
15 |
Engineering And Industrial Management
|
9 |
Other
|
9 |
Chart 2. Employment distribution of workers with an engineering technologies degree, by occupational group, 2019
Occupational group |
Occupational group share |
Management occupations
|
20% |
Computer and mathematical occupations
|
17 |
Architecture and engineering occupations
|
17 |
Business and financial operations occupations
|
7 |
Sales and related occupations
|
7 |
Other
|
33 |
Table 2. Top-employing occupations for workers with an engineering technologies degree
Occupational Outlook Handbook profile |
Percent growth, projected 2020–30 |
Typical entry-level education |
Percent degree holders in this field, this occupation, 2019 |
Percent of this occupation with an advanced degree, 2019 |
Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers
|
22% |
Bachelor's degree |
8% |
34% |
Industrial engineers
|
14 |
Bachelor's degree |
3 |
20 |
Computer and information systems managers
|
11 |
Bachelor's degree |
2 |
28 |
Computer occupations, all other
|
9 |
Bachelor's degree |
2 |
14 |
Personal service managers, all other; entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling; and managers, all other
|
7 |
Bachelor's degree |
7 |
20 |
Mechanical engineers
|
7 |
Bachelor's degree |
3 |
24 |
Electrical engineers
|
7 |
Bachelor's degree |
2 |
33 |
Project management specialists and business operations specialists, all other
|
6 |
Bachelor's degree |
2 |
24 |
Engineers, all other
|
3 |
Bachelor's degree |
3 |
31 |
Chief executives
|
-6 |
Bachelor's degree |
2 |
30 |
Last Modified Date:
Friday, December 3, 2021