The Average Power Engineer Salary

Power engineers apply their skills to generating and transmitting electricity.

Power engineering is a sub-category of electrical engineering that deals mainly with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Electronic power engineers are also sometimes referred to as power engineers.

Power Engineers

Power engineers, including electronic power engineers, earn salaries between $58,551 and $83,951, according to a PayScale survey of 114 people in this occupation that was updated in September 2010. They also earned bonuses amounting anywhere from $1,031 to $7,073 for a total pay package of $58,449 to $86,245.

Electric Power Engineers

Electric power engineers have a salary range of $64,932 to $106,125 per year, according to a PayScale survey of 17 people updated September 2010. Bonuses received by survey respondents ranged from $4,818 to $8,139, bumping their total pay up to anywhere from $65,499 to $113,498.

Electricity Generation

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average, or mean, wages for electrical engineers in the electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry were $40.73 per hour or $84,710 per year in May 2009. Median wages were $39.86 hourly or $82,900 per year. Salaries ranged from $56,660 or less for the lowest-paid 10 percent of workers to $116,410 or more for the highest-paid 10 percent.

References

• BLS: Occupational Employment and Wages, Electrical Engineers
• PayScale: Power Engineer Salary, Average Salaries
• PayScale: Electric Power Engineer Salary, Average Salaries