Wage Survey Results -
Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Los Angeles County, 2000
These survey data are from the 1999 Occupational Employment
Statistics survey. The wages have all been updated to the fourth quarter
of 2000 by applying the Employment cost Index to the 1999 wages.
|
Occupational Title |
Entry-Level Hourly Wage (1) |
Mean
Hourly Wage |
Mean
Annual Wage |
25th
Percentile Hourly Wage |
50th
Percentile (Median) Hourly Wage |
75th
Percentile Hourly Wage |
|
Total all occupations |
$7.62 |
$18.15 |
$37,735 |
$9.01 |
$14.40 |
$22.98 |
|
Architecture and Engineering Occupations |
$16.87 |
$27.04 |
$56,238 |
$19.95 |
$26.11 |
$33.62 |
|
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval |
$21.04 |
$32.10 |
$66,770 |
$24.29 |
$31.99 |
$41.30 |
|
Landscape Architects |
$25.02 |
$30.69 |
$63,827 |
$27.14 |
$31.93 |
$37.08 |
|
Surveyors |
$22.71 |
$29.56 |
$61,486 |
$25.20 |
$29.83 |
$33.83 |
| All
Other Architects, Surveyors, and Cartographers |
$16.50 |
$21.70 |
$45,135 |
$18.70 |
$22.29 |
$25.71 |
|
Aerospace Engineers |
$28.30 |
$35.96 |
$74,805 |
$29.88 |
$34.15 |
$41.51 |
|
Biomedical Engineers |
$19.06 |
$26.99 |
$56,120 |
$21.11 |
$25.62 |
$30.92 |
| Civil
Engineers |
$21.50 |
$29.14 |
$60,620 |
$23.12 |
$27.59 |
$34.44 |
|
Computer Hardware Engineers |
$22.07 |
$35.45 |
$73,725 |
$24.28 |
$32.08 |
$43.07 |
|
Electrical Engineers |
$23.66 |
$32.54 |
$67,681 |
$25.86 |
$31.52 |
$38.89 |
|
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer |
$19.49 |
$29.55 |
$61,469 |
$22.00 |
$29.48 |
$36.30 |
|
Environmental Engineers |
$21.61 |
$31.40 |
$65,301 |
$23.00 |
$30.67 |
$38.80 |
| Health
and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and
Inspectors |
$17.51 |
$26.87 |
$55,888 |
$20.75 |
$28.07 |
$33.06 |
|
Industrial Engineers |
$22.05 |
$29.01 |
$60,331 |
$24.27 |
$29.05 |
$33.75 |
|
Occupational Title |
Entry-Level Hourly Wage (1) |
Mean
Hourly Wage |
Mean
Annual Wage |
25th
Percentile Hourly Wage |
50th
Percentile (Median) Hourly Wage |
75th
Percentile Hourly Wage |
| Marine
Engineers and Naval Architects |
$33.99 |
$47.02 |
$97,801 |
$42.33 |
$52.98 |
$59.79 |
|
Materials Engineers |
$19.88 |
$30.39 |
$63,216 |
$22.92 |
$31.38 |
$39.16 |
|
Mechanical Engineers |
$22.40 |
$32.44 |
$67,463 |
$25.07 |
$32.69 |
$41.64 |
| Mining
and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers |
$25.80 |
$32.33 |
$67,251 |
$28.40 |
$32.01 |
$35.61 |
|
Petroleum Engineers |
$21.46 |
$33.88 |
$70,463 |
$24.66 |
$33.70 |
$43.57 |
|
Engineers, All Other |
$15.53 |
$25.07 |
$52,146 |
$18.29 |
$24.81 |
$30.50 |
|
Architectural and Civil Drafters |
$15.08 |
$21.58 |
$44,883 |
$16.60 |
$20.66 |
$25.91 |
|
Electrical and Electronics Drafters |
$15.02 |
$24.52 |
$51,001 |
$17.35 |
$24.78 |
$31.55 |
|
Mechanical Drafters |
$12.57 |
$19.99 |
$41,584 |
$13.63 |
$17.97 |
$25.95 |
|
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians |
$20.14 |
$28.11 |
$58,461 |
$23.36 |
$28.90 |
$33.63 |
| Civil
Engineering Technicians |
$17.78 |
$24.68 |
$51,337 |
$19.56 |
$23.69 |
$31.17 |
|
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians |
$13.83 |
$20.85 |
$43,354 |
$15.98 |
$19.81 |
$23.97 |
|
Electro-Mechanical Technicians |
$11.48 |
$17.89 |
$37,213 |
$13.10 |
$18.18 |
$21.36 |
|
Environmental Engineering Technicians |
$12.75 |
$21.88 |
$45,500 |
$14.72 |
$20.82 |
$30.26 |
|
Occupational Title |
Entry-Level Hourly Wage (1) |
Mean
Hourly Wage |
Mean
Annual Wage |
25th
Percentile Hourly Wage |
50th
Percentile (Median) Hourly Wage |
75th
Percentile Hourly Wage |
|
Industrial Engineering Technicians |
$14.60 |
$22.72 |
$47,269 |
$16.24 |
$20.83 |
$26.28 |
|
Mechanical Engineering Technicians |
$12.60 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
$14.39 |
$16.79 |
$21.46 |
|
Surveying and Mapping Technicians |
$16.76 |
$23.57 |
$49,014 |
$19.22 |
$23.29 |
$27.52 |
| All
Other Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians |
$13.79 |
$21.15 |
$43,988 |
$16.82 |
$22.46 |
$26.04 |
(1) The mean of the first third of the wage
distribution is provided as a proxy for entry-level wage.
Source: California
Employment Development Dept.
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