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Date: 09/05/16

Class Period: 3rd period

Alphabetical Engineering and Technology Career Outlook Research

Assignment
In this project, you will gather some comparison data relating to twenty six careers in
engineering and technology and gain appreciation of various occupations.
Using a web browser, go to the US Department of Labor's web site (www.bls.gov).
From the home page, go to Publications -> Occupational Outlook Handbook and
choose the Architecture and Engineering group.
For each of the following occupational groups, explore the detail pages and record the
degree requirements (Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree, etc.), median annual pay
(2014-2016), and job outlook 2014-20 (Growth). Review the "What They Do" tab then
rank your interest level in that area on a scale of 0-10 in the Rating column (e.g. a rating
of 1 would be the lowest, and a rating of 10 would be the highest). In the last column,
briefly list the types of skills or classes you think will aid a person pursuing each field of
study.
Name of
Job

Degree
Required

Median
Pay

Growth
Outlook

Rating

What types of classes or skills

do you think are needed for
this job?
Aerospace Engineer Class

Aerospace
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$107,830

-2%
(Decline)

Agricultural
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$75,090

4% (Slower
than
average)

Agricultural Engineering or Biological

Engineering Class

Architects

$76,100

7% (As fast
as average)
23% (Much
faster than
average)

Biomedical
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree
Bachelor's
degree

Internship & Architect Registration

Examination
Biomedical Engineering or BioEngineering

Chemical
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$97,360

2% (Slower
than
average)

Chemical Engineering Class

Civil
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$82,220

8% (As fast
as average)

Civil Engineering Technology

Computer
Hardware
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$111,730

3% (Slower
than
average)

Computer Science Class

$86,220

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Associate's
degree

$52,720

-3%
(Decline)

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Technical program

Name of
Job

Degree
Required

Associate's
Electrical
degree
and
Electronics
Engineering
Technicians

Median
Pay

Growth
Outlook

Rating

What types of classes or

skills do you think are
needed for this job?
Electronics Engineering
Technicians

$61,130

-2%
(Decline)

$95,230

0% (Little or
no change)

Work closely with Electrical and

Mechanical Engineers

Associate's
Electromechanical degree
Technicians

$53,340

1% (Little or
no change)

Work in many Industrial

Environments

Environmen Associate's
degree
l
Engineering
Technicians

$48,650

10% (Faster
than
average)

Work indoors, usually in

laboratories

Environmen Bachelor's
degree
tal
Engineers

$84,560

12% (Faster
than
average)

Environmental engineering or a
related field, such as civil,
chemical, or general engineering.

Bachelor's
degree

$84,600

6% (As fast
as average)

Any Engineering Class

$53,780

-5%
(Decline)

Must have taken industrial

engineering in college

$83,470

1% (Little or
no change)

Needs a degree in an engineering

class

Electrical
d
Electronics
Engineers

and
Safety
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

Associate's
Industrial
Engineering degree
Technicians

Industrial
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

Name of
Job

Degree
Required

Median
Pay

Growth
Outlook

Rating

What types of classes or

skills do you think are
needed for this job?
passing the Landscape Architect
Registration Examination and
internship experience

Landscape
Architects

Bachelor's
degree

$63,810

5% (As fast
as average)

Marine
Engineers
and
Naval
Architects
Materials
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$93,110

9% (Faster
than
average)

Must have studied Marine

engineering

Bachelor's
degree

$91,310

1% (Little
or no
change)

Must have taken materials

science and engineering in
college

$53,910

2% (Slower
than
average)

Training in mechanical
engineering technology

Mechanical Associate's
Engineering degree
Technicians
Mechanical
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$83,590

5% (As fast
as average)

All mechanical engineers who sell

services to the public must be
licensed.

and
Geological
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$94,040

6% (As fast
as average)

Must have taken any engineering

program

Nuclear
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$102,950

-4%
(Decline)

Must have attended engineering

programs

Petroleum
Engineers

Bachelor's
degree

$129,990

10%
(Faster
than
average)
-8%
(Decline)

Bachelors degree in either

petroleum, chemical or
mechanical engineering

May need to study Geographic

Information Systems (GIS)

must be licensed before they can

certify legal documents and
provide surveying services to the
public

High school
Surveying
diploma or
d
equivalent
Mapping
Technicians

Surveyors

Bachelor's
degree

$42,010

$58,020

-2%
(Decline)