Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.

WAGES FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
1995-97





Areas for which
Data are Available
  Year   Entry Level:
No Experience
Experienced:
New to Firm
Experienced:
3 Years with Firm
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)





Contra Costa  1995 $8.00-16.70 ($12.30) $15.00-33.50 ($20.70) $17.00-40.00 ($26.30)
San Diego  1996 $10.00-16.00 ($14.30) $14.30-19.10 ($15.80) $19.10-23.90 ($21.50)
So. Santa Clara &
  San Benito
 1997 $8.00-25.00 ($13.40) $10.00-32.00 ($19.10) $15.00-35.00 ($23.80)





  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


WAGES FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Fresno (Fresno) $17.99 $16.45 $14.62-20.28
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$23.66 $23.85 $18.68-33.55
Modesto (Stanislaus) $23.56 $22.33 $20.37-25.12
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $27.52 $28.10 $21.62-37.45
Orange County $25.07 $26.37 $19.86-35.16
Redding (Shasta) $21.44 $19.13 $17.18-27.89
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$20.85 $19.90 $14.58-28.05
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$21.08 $19.40 $16.80-24.17
San Diego (San Diego) $22.72 $20.89 $17.54-28.67
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$28.24 $30.56 $23.04-37.91
San Jose (Santa Clara) $28.25 $31.06 $23.34-38.21
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin) $23.96 $19.63 $17.52-32.08
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano) $25.16 $26.32 $20.19-35.10
Ventura County $23.77 $22.11 $19.11-29.61




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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