Employers should provide students with a fair and competitive salary for intern/co-op and entry-level positions.  You may also want to view Employment Outcomes, updated yearly.  All salaries posted are in USD.

 

Engineering Co-op/Intern Salaries for 2022-2023

Engineering Major

Mean Hourly Salary

Aerospace

25.19

Bioengineering

25.42

Chemical

23.39

Civil & Environ.

21.77

Computer

32.63

Electrical

23.77

Fire Protection

25

Materials

26

Mechanical

25.15

All Majors

25.37

 

Engineering Major

Mean Hourly Salary

Aerospace (0 responses)

NA

Bioengineering (1 response)

21

Chemical (1 response)

25

Civil & Environ. (0 responses)

NA

Cybersecurity (72 responses)

36.50

Electrical & Computer (14 responses)

30.48

Fire Protection (4 responses)

28.50

Materials Science (0 responses)

NA

Mechanical (11 responses)

26.70

Project Management (3 responses)

26.33

Reliability (0 responses)

NA

Robotics (80 responses)

29.36

Software (10 responses)

33.48

Systems (1 response)

47.58

Telecommunications (31 responses)

38

 

Engineering Major

Mean Hourly Salary

Aerospace (0 responses)

NA

Bioengineering (0 responses)

NA

Chemical (0 responses)

NA

Civil & Environmental (2 responses)

22.23

Electrical & Computer (14 responses)

45.14

Materials Science (0 responses)

NA

Mechanical (4 responses)

43.09

Reliability (0 repsonses)

NA

 

 

Engineering Post-Graduation Salaries for 2022-2023

Please note that due to a low number of responses from Master's and PhD level students, we've also included the national averages as reported by the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) Summer 2023 Survey for those degree programs.

Engineering Major

Mean Annual Salary

Aerospace

87,300

Bioengineering

79,800

Chemical

83,700

Civil & Environ.

74,200

Computer

101,900

Electrical

87,600

Fire Protection

83,200

Materials

82,200

Mechanical

81,200

Mean Salary for All Majors

84,000

 

Engineering Major

UMD Average Annual Salary

National Average

Aerospace (14 responses)

102,700

90,885

Bioengineering (3 responses)

103,300

75,716

Chemical (1 response)

119,000

82,996

Civil & Environmental (7 responses)

89,000

73,871

Cybersecurity* (32 responses)

121,700

NA

Electrical & Computer (11 responses)

111,100

104,623

Energy Systems* (4 responses)

99,000

NA

Fire Protection (6 responses)

97,700

NA

Materials Science (0 responses)

NA

88,216

Mechanical (14 responses)

94,800

87,909

Product Management* (0 responses)

NA

NA

Project Management* (8 responses)

104,800

NA

Reliability (5 responses)

126,600

NA

Robotics* (14 response)

121,400

103,949
(Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation)

Software* (9 responses)

143,800

107,025

Systems (1 response)

150,000

109,926

Technology Entrepreneurship* (0 responses)

NA

NA

Telecommunications (13 responses)

125,400

122,131

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