MEP Designer Salary
MEP Designer Salary
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I would like to know what is the current market salary for Mechanical designer(got 4 yrs degree, but not EIT or PE yet) with 1.5 years experience.
Thanks
CW
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CW
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RE: MEP Designer Salary
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the more you wait, the more difficult it will become.
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I think that ASHRAE has a salary survey if you want to join.
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Andy W.
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You will have to decide if there is a reason you are getting less; or if they are taking advantage of you. Are you making an apples-to-apples comparison with the other new-hires? Are your skills the same as theirs? Not just design skills, but written and oral communication? Were their grades comparable to yours? You give us little information on which to comment.
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I started out in 1981 with a MS in Engineering for $20,000, I thought it was a lot back then although there was a woman ChE that got a $25,000 per year offer that everyone at school was jealous of.
I found this page for what it is worth. Apparently the average HVAC designer in Forth Worth, Texas makes $43,000 per year. You can put in any job title and city.
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Not all consulting engineering firms follow this practice.
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That's oldschool. I was a maintenance machinist for Wyman-Gordon(Fortune 400 firm) back in 79 and I got paid union wage of 37k doing maintenance on Absorption Chillers.
Engineers always were underpaid.
NASA rocks in that you start at G 13, but your making 100k within 10 years with a Bachelors.
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GM offered me an Engineering Mgmt positon that was in charge of the manufacturing engineering & tool/diemaking dept for 125k with a Bachelors in 2000 -- but I had proven mgmt & engineering background.
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My job title was "Mechanical Designer" until December last year... after I passed the PE.
Now my business card reads "Mechanical Engineer".
Generally I concur consulting engineers in the HVAC industry are overworked and underpaid.
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in my country the biggest trouble with MEP is that architects contract jobs with clients/investors and than they very often subcontract MEP part in very unfair manner, wih no consequences for them...
they claim they are in charge for the whole design , all coordination and interdisciplinary issues, but most of time they just bill that acitvity and put most of that work to you.
mechanical and electrical engineers are too good people, I think
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I suspect that Electrical Engineers are also paid well in areas that have a lot of computer industry.
Get the picture? It's all about competition for your talents.
With regard to your title, I agree that a BSME degreed engineering intern should not be labeled as a Mechanical Designer. You should immediately take the EIT exam and then your title will be Engineer-In-Training as designated by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
Become licensed as soon as possibe. You will never regret it.
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A top of the line mechanical engineer, in DFW, with 2 years of GOOD experience, and lots of potential, should be worth ~70k after bonuses... to the right firm of course.
A mechanical engineer, in DFW, with exposure limited to one or two types of projects, no exposure to dealing with architects or clients, with no EIT registration, may only be worth ~50k.
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I felt underpaid and did exactly that. My situation is a little different since I live by CA and got a CA PE license after 2 year. It paid off for me. It's not good to job hop, but it's sucks to feel underpaid.
If you think you are worth more money then build your resume and go out there and get it. Of course employers like to get a good worker for cheap pay. It's up to you to do something about your career.
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