Some of the skills we found on information engineer resumes included "procedures," "customer service," and "linux." We have detailed the most important information engineer responsibilities below.
See the full list of information engineer skills.
After discovering the most helpful skills, we moved onto what kind of education might be helpful in becoming an information engineer. We found that 66.2% of information engineers have graduated with a bachelor's degree and 14.1% of people in this position have earned their master's degrees. While most information engineers have a college degree, you may find it's also true that generally it's possible to be successful in this career with only a high school degree. In fact, our research shows that one out of every eight information engineers were not college graduates.
The information engineers who went onto college to earn a more in-depth education generally studied computer science and electrical engineering, while a small population of information engineers studied information technology and business.
Once you're ready to become an information engineer, you should explore the companies that typically hire information engineers. According to information engineer resumes that we searched through, information engineers are hired the most by Country-Wide Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, and Kimberly-Clark. Currently, Country-Wide Insurance has 22 information engineer job openings, while there are 14 at Kaiser Permanente and 13 at Kimberly-Clark.
If you're interested in companies where information engineers make the most money, you'll want to apply for positions at Twitter, NVIDIA, and Broadcom. We found that at Twitter, the average information engineer salary is $160,584. Whereas at NVIDIA, information engineers earn roughly $137,507. And at Broadcom, they make an average salary of $128,180.
View more details on information engineer salaries across the United States.
Some other companies you might be interested in as a information engineer include IBM, AT&T;, and Verizon Communications. These three companies were found to hire the most information engineers from the top 100 U.S. educational institutions.
In general, information engineers fulfill roles in the technology and professional industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the information engineer annual salary is the highest in the technology industry with $101,633 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the insurance and manufacturing industries pay $99,615 and $96,403 respectively. This means that information engineers who are employed in the technology industry make 6.3% more than information engineers who work in the construction Industry.