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Industrial Engineering
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Industrial Engineering. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, and those who get either a masters
in Industrial Engineering, a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Industrial Engineering some students with a bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Industrial Engineering.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Industrial Engineering Salaries.
Histogram of Industrial Engineering Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Industrial Engineering who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Industrial Engineering Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Industrial Engineering while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Industrial Engineering.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$45,208 209 23.75 Engineers: Industrial
$61,769 125 14.20 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$49,294 59 6.70 OTHER management related occupations
$49,190 45 5.11 Engineers: Mechanical
$48,046 39 4.43 Other engineers
$42,832 33 3.75 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$49,293 25 2.84 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$59,505 21 2.39 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$40,289 19 2.16 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$42,759 18 2.05 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$46,660 17 1.93 Computer system analysts
$49,014 15 1.70 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$37,245 14 1.59 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$41,222 14 1.59 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$32,503 14 1.59 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$35,758 14 1.59 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$60,922 13 1.48 Engineers: Sales
$35,068 12 1.36 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$49,544 12 1.36 Computer engineer - software
$55,646 11 1.25 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$27,785 10 1.14 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$61,196 10 1.14 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$61,875 8 .91 Information systems scientists or analysts
$51,778 8 .91 Engineers: Environmental
$30,325 8 .91 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
$29,299 8 .91 Mechanics and repairers
$54,540 7 .80 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$51,006 7 .80 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$73,999 6 .68 Transportation/material moving occupations
$33,267 6 .68 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$45,425 6 .68 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$54,227 5 .57 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$44,772 5 .57 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$51,125 4 .45 Computer engineer - hardware
$47,798 4 .45 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$25,773 4 .45 OTHER service occupations, except health
$24,420 4 .45 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen
$46,180 3 .34 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103)
$42,280 3 .34 Unknown
$36,061 3 .34 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$66,347 3 .34 OTHER health occupations
$38,147 3 .34 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$67,500 2 .23 Engineers: Nuclear
$76,000 2 .23 Engineers: Petroleum
$14,450 2 .23 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$49,400 2 .23 Surveyors
$48,800 2 .23 Engineers: Chemical
$44,690 2 .23 Operations research analysts, modelling
$33,000 2 .23 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$33,000 2 .23 Professors: Trade and Industrial
$50,000 1 .11 Chemists, except biochemists
$37,000 1 .11 Forestry, conservation scientists
$36,000 1 .11 Teachers: OTHER precollegiate area
$31,000 1 .11 Teachers: Elementary
$62,000 1 .11 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
$65,000 1 .11 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$26,000 1 .11 Surveying and mapping
$25,000 1 .11 Technologists and technicians in the mathematical sciences
$25,000 1 .11 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$18,000 1 .11 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Industrial Engineering.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$50,572 40 17.86 Engineers: Industrial
$65,757 38 16.96 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$58,307 17 7.59 Other engineers
$60,977 13 5.80 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$51,055 12 5.36 Engineers: Mechanical
$61,695 11 4.91 Computer engineer - software
$67,170 8 3.57 Information systems scientists or analysts
$66,025 8 3.57 Computer system analysts
$66,138 8 3.57 OTHER management related occupations
$43,580 7 3.13 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$30,755 7 3.13 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$51,861 6 2.68 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$80,005 4 1.79 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$51,600 3 1.34 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$68,540 3 1.34 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$53,833 3 1.34 Computer engineer - hardware
$72,767 3 1.34 Engineers: Petroleum
$64,900 3 1.34 Engineers: Environmental
$53,460 2 .89 Statisticians
$38,500 2 .89 Professors: Engineering
$40,948 2 .89 Mechanics and repairers
$54,500 2 .89 Engineers: Chemical
$58,000 2 .89 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$34,370 2 .89 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$49,682 2 .89 OTHER physical scientists
$53,500 2 .89 Operations research analysts, modelling
$68,000 1 .45 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$150,000 1 .45 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103)
$150,000 1 .45 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$28,000 1 .45 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$56,000 1 .45 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
$55,680 1 .45 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$50,400 1 .45 Engineers: Bioengineering and biomedical
$49,000 1 .45 OTHER postsecondary
$45,600 1 .45 Professors: Trade and Industrial
$45,000 1 .45 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$43,320 1 .45 Teachers: Special education - primary and secondary
$38,000 1 .45 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$36,000 1 .45 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$35,000 1 .45 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Industrial Engineering.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$57,151 14 40.00 Professors: Engineering
$95,269 5 14.29 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$70,000 5 14.29 Engineers: Industrial
$68,000 2 5.71 Operations research analysts, modelling
$112,000 1 2.86 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$75,000 1 2.86 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$73,450 1 2.86 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$14,560 1 2.86 Mathematicians
$67,000 1 2.86 Statisticians
$62,000 1 2.86 Professors: Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science
$45,000 1 2.86 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing
$33,000 1 2.86 Professors: Computer Science
$16,640 1 2.86 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Industrial Engineering
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$55,771 73 27.76 Business administration and management
$59,303 54 20.53 Engineering: Industrial
$61,376 18 6.84 OTHER business management/administrative services
$40,244 16 6.08 Engineering: Industrial production technologies
$74,499 15 5.70 Business, general
$66,798 9 3.42 Financial management
$54,624 6 2.28 OTHER engineering
$46,069 6 2.28 Computer/information sciences, general
$95,000 5 1.90 Operations research
$43,400 5 1.90 Education: Administration
$52,600 5 1.90 OTHER engineering-related technologies
$54,601 4 1.52 Engineering: Mechanical
$54,541 4 1.52 Computer science
$63,933 3 1.14 Business marketing/marketing management
$56,000 2 .76 Engineering: Electrical, electronics, communications
$53,250 2 .76 Public administration
$59,000 2 .76 Statistics
$48,000 2 .76 Mathematics, general
$74,750 2 .76 Accounting
$38,500 2 .76 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$37,200 2 .76 Economics
$35,750 2 .76 Psychology: Counseling
$87,500 2 .76 Business/managerial economics
$62,400 1 .38 Chemistry
$62,000 1 .38 Engineering: Civil
$70,000 1 .38 Engineering: Nuclear
$65,000 1 .38 OTHER health/medical sciences
$78,000 1 .38 Forestry sciences (Except management)
$150,000 1 .38 Mechanical engineering-related technologies
$20,000 1 .38 Marketing research
$60,000 1 .38 Psychology: Clinical
$60,000 1 .38 OTHER computer and information sciences
$53,000 1 .38 Information services and systems
$52,900 1 .38 Engineering: Chemical
$52,800 1 .38 Education: Secondary teacher education
$48,356 1 .38 Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
$43,391 1 .38 Education: Physical education/coaching
$39,000 1 .38 Engineering sciences, mechanics, physics
$35,000 1 .38 Environmental science studies
$30,000 1 .38 Engineering: Architectural
$25,200 1 .38 Education: OTHER education
$20,000 1 .38 Political science and government
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Industrial Engineering
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$60,667 3 23.08 Engineering: Industrial
$60,000 2 15.38 Engineering: Mechanical
$79,500 2 15.38 Public administration
$27,040 1 7.69 OTHER visual and performing arts
$32,000 1 7.69 OTHER computer and information sciences
$42,000 1 7.69 Computer science
$50,000 1 7.69 Engineering: Industrial production technologies
$58,560 1 7.69 Chemistry
$71,552 1 7.69 Engineering: Computer/systems
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Other Professiona Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Industrial Engineering
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$89,383 6 60.00 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$92,267 3 30.00 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com