What Kind of Salary Do Instrumentation Engineers Make?
Instrumentation engineers work in the field of electronics or electrical engineering, designing and testing electronics equipment and components in the navigational, electromedical and control instruments manufacturing fields. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 15,360 electrical engineers and 10,780 electronics engineers worked in this field in 2010. Salaries for these engineers were similar in terms of average salary and pay scale.
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Average Salary
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Electrical engineers working in the field of instrumentation made an average salary of $91,900 per year in 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This salary was higher than the average salary of electrical engineers working in other fields. All electrical engineers nationwide made an average salary of $87,770 per year, by comparison. Electronics engineers working as instrumentation engineers made a similar average salary of $92,270 per year, which was right around the national average for all electronics engineers who managed to bring home an average salary of $92,730 in 2010.
Pay Scale
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Placing the salaries of electrical and electronics engineers with the larger pay scale for their respective engineering fields can provide some additional context. Electrical engineers working as instrumentation engineers tend to make salaries ranging from $54,030 to $128,610 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The median salary for electrical engineers was $84,540, as of 2010. Electronics engineers made a median salary of $90,170 per year, with salaries that typically ranged from $57,860 to $135,080 on an annual basis.
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Location
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Location also provides some indication as to what instrumentation engineers can expect to make. For instance, the BLS indicates that electrical engineers in Maine, the District of Columbia, California, Alaska and Massachusetts all made average salaries in excess of $95,000 per year. Electronics engineers in Massachusetts, California, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island and New Jersey all made salaries between $100,000 and $110,000 per year.
Job Outlook
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Instrumentation engineers may find the job market difficult. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects little to no job growth for electronics engineers during the period from 2008 to 2018 and only 2 percent job growth for electrical engineers during this time. However, these numbers only reflect new jobs in the field and do not necessarily take into account those who retire or leave the field for other jobs. The bureau indicates that job opportunities should still be available as the demand for various electronic devices will continue to grow.
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