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Engineers in North Carolina

Want to work in North Carolina as an Engineer? Read this first!

12.9% Jobs Projection
$85,110 Median Salary
180 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Engineers in North Carolina are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Engineers in North Carolina is growing faster than average.

  • Engineers in North Carolina earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Engineers Work in North Carolina?

1,540 people worked as Engineers in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,550 Engineers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 10 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The amount of Engineers working in the state is similar to the average state.

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Job Projections for North Carolina

Jobs for Engineers in this state are growing at a rate of 12.9% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 6.4%.

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North Carolina Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 180 annual job openings, and a total of 2,540 jobs for North Carolina Engineers in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 9,500 annual jobs and 141,000 total jobs in 2026.

What do Engineers Make in North Carolina?

In 2018 wages for Engineers ranged from $31,750 to $134,270 with $85,110 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $15.26 to $64.55. The median hourly rate was $40.92.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $45.65 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate declined by $4.73.

The median salary in North Carolina is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top North Carolina Metros for Engineers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Engineers.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,120 $105,630
Raleigh, NC 450 $75,750
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 310 $74,460
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 230 $103,680
New Bern, NC 120 n/a
Greensboro-High Point, NC 120 $77,270
Fayetteville, NC 80 $100,510
Asheville, NC 30 $101,790
Wilmington, NC 30 n/a

Top States for Engineers Employment

The table below shows the states where most Engineers work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 20,600 $107,300
Texas 10,710 $109,110
Florida 8,570 $77,020
Ohio 7,100 $89,390
Louisiana 5,400 $81,990
New York 4,910 $92,560
Pennsylvania 4,850 $93,400
Maryland 4,530 $128,230
Georgia 4,380 $92,030
Tennessee 4,250 $74,890
Virginia 4,190 $122,940
Illinois 4,000 $84,550
Alabama 3,730 $116,490
New Jersey 3,470 $116,570
Washington 3,160 $107,230
Massachusetts 3,090 $106,680
Oregon 2,760 $87,070
District of Columbia 2,640 $141,320
Colorado 2,500 $111,020
Minnesota 2,450 $101,270

Below are the states where Engineers get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $141,320
Maryland $128,230
Virginia $122,940
Alaska $117,520
New Jersey $116,570
Alabama $116,490
New Mexico $114,000
Idaho $111,050
Colorado $111,020
Texas $109,110

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