What is the salary of a normal engineer?

• Washington - $86,589 a year ($41.63 an hour)

• New York - $80,787 a year ($38.84 an hour)

• New Hampshire - $78,249 a year ($37.62 an hour)

• California - $77,078 a year ($37.06 an hour)

• Vermont - $73,893 a year ($35.53 an hour)

Lowest paying states for engineers.

• Mississippi - $59,251 a year ($28.49 an hour)

• Arkansas - $59,081 a year ($28.40 an hour)

• Michigan - $59,028 a year ($28.38 an hour)

• Illinois - $58,760 a year ($28.25 an hour)

• North Carolina - $53,789 a year ($25.86 an hour)

Average pay rate based on engineering type.

• Product Engineer - $90,345 a year

• Electrical Engineer - $88,240 a year

• Computer Engineer - $86,064 a year

• Aeronautical Engineer - $99,804 a year

• Chemical Engineer - $92,792 a year

• Materials Engineer - $90,003 a year

• Biomedical Engineer - $78,467 a year

• Nuclear Engineer - $91,159 a year

• Environmental Engineer - $74,348 a year