Engineers have always had solid careers in manufacturing.
Looking at statistics from last year there were 292,000 industrial engineering jobs, according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average pay was $88,590.
Employment of industrial engineers is projected to grow 14% from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations.
About 23,300 openings for industrial engineers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force due to retirement.
Looking at the profession as a whole, including a variety of types of engineers, the agency projects nearly 140,000 new jobs until 2026.
Where are these engineers going to school? Here is a list, created by employment firm Zippia, of the schools that have the highest placement rate in the field. Zippia used the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to search for the college in each state with the highest listed job placement ratings, looking specifically at employment levels at year 10 after students have graduated. The degrees that were included in this search were civil, mechanical and industrial engineers.
