The median annual wage for aerospace engineers was $105,380 in May 2014. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $66,110, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $155,240.
In May 2014, the median annual wages for aerospace engineers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
|
Federal government, excluding postal service |
$113,550 |
|
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing |
111,660 |
|
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences |
107,490 |
|
Engineering services |
103,450 |
|
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing |
102,430 |
Aerospace engineers typically work full time. Engineers who direct projects must often work extra hours to monitor progress, to ensure that the design meets requirements, to determine how to measure aircraft performance, to see that production meets design standards, and to ensure that deadlines are met.