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Summary: An entry-level engineer's salary can range from $20,000 to $45,000 a year depending on the area. Find out about the salary for an entry-level engineer with tips from an entry-level engineer in this free video on career information.
"My name's Alex Lowe, and I'm an entry level engineer for Weber Elliot Engineers in Eugene, Oregon, and I'm here to tell you about how much an entry level engineer would make. An entry level engineer can start out making twenty to thirty thousand dollars a year in US dollars, and they basically will stay in the--stay at that level for probably six to twelve months, and then they can move up their salary can increase maybe a couple to five thousand a year, until they get to--they plateau at a certain level, which we'll say is forty-five thousand a year, maybe. And as much as forty-five thousand dollars a year depending on where you are. And that will, that will cap off because then you need to have, in order to get more money, you have to have an actual degree. You have to have a certification that makes you more of a valuable employee to an engineering firm."
eHow Article: Entry-Level Engineer Salary