Newly Licensed SE San Diego
Newly Licensed SE San Diego
(OP)
Hello,
I am a project engineer in Southern California with 8 years experience as a structural engineer. Recently passed the SE exam and have been hunting around the internet for salary information. I work for a fairly small company which I have felt does not pay that well, but does have great flexibility, typically 40 hour weeks and average benefits. After passing my SE I received a raise and am making around $81.5K or just under $40/hr. I'm wondering if that is a reasonable wage for my area or should I look elsewhere?
I am a project engineer in Southern California with 8 years experience as a structural engineer. Recently passed the SE exam and have been hunting around the internet for salary information. I work for a fairly small company which I have felt does not pay that well, but does have great flexibility, typically 40 hour weeks and average benefits. After passing my SE I received a raise and am making around $81.5K or just under $40/hr. I'm wondering if that is a reasonable wage for my area or should I look elsewhere?





RE: Newly Licensed SE San Diego
The ASCE engineering salary survey data is quite useful. https://www.asme.org/getmedia/788e990f-99f5-4062-8...
Maine Professional and Structural Engineer.
(Just passed the 16-hour SE exam, woohoo!)
RE: Newly Licensed SE San Diego
And when I look at Exhibit 9 on page 11 of the survey it shows that an MBA even makes more, on average, than someone with a doctorate degree.
Does this seem justified to anyone in engineering?
Maui
RE: Newly Licensed SE San Diego
RE: Newly Licensed SE San Diego
RE: Newly Licensed SE San Diego
I worked for the local office of a big marine engineering outfit but they were given the dregs from the main office and their management was always in "flux". They're in Mission Valley and I recommend you avoid them.
ps: Engineering managers here in San Diego seem to like it if you graduated from Cal Poly. There's a bit of an old boys network here. If I had it to do over, I would work in L.A. Seattle is good too but you're always subject to layoffs. New York City is the best but expensive. San Francisco seems to have no need for structural engineers.
G'luck