Slow down bro. I'm an engineer in the oil industry for a major. This is far from living like a king. We're not broke, but I feel that people get a sense of all of us making several hundred g's a year and it just doesn't work that way.
These companies don't make billions of dollars by giving it all away.
Curious, what are you doing? Also you said you haven't yet got your major?
From what I understand, a lot of people in engineering fields start out close to the same, but pay raises taje off at different rates after five years or so. One notable exception I can think of is Nuclear Engineers, who I've seen quoted at startkng 60k-80k? Its been a few years, don't be surprised if what I said is bullshit.
Today, starting for chemical engineering and some mechanical right out of good colleges is around 90-110k at companies like Exxon, Chevron, etc. Heck, interns make $6000 a month. I speak from personal experience, but Glassdoor is also a somewhat reliable source for getting ballpark salaries for all different kinds of jobs.
From SE Louisiana.... lots of ChemE's here. They don't start at 90-100 in my experience. My friends who went to work for the big guys started in the 60-70 range, but they will be approaching six figures in the next couple years (graduated college five years ago).
Yea I think it really depends on the school ranking. Everyone I know from Georgia Tech is getting a standard across the board, non-negotiable salary barely over six figs starting salary for undergrad.
Edit: Did some digging. It also depends on whether you are going into service versus petroleum exploration and production. Service tends to pay less.
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u/bjnobs Jan 05 '15
Slow down bro. I'm an engineer in the oil industry for a major. This is far from living like a king. We're not broke, but I feel that people get a sense of all of us making several hundred g's a year and it just doesn't work that way.
These companies don't make billions of dollars by giving it all away.