Engineers get top pay. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) engineers have a median annual wage of $91,420. The engineering field projects to have employment growth of 195,000 jobs ...

The median salary for an environmental engineer in the U.S. was $100,090 in 2023, per the BLS, and 1,400 bachelor’s degrees in environmental engineering were awarded in 2021-2022.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that there were 7,100 mining and geological engineers working around the country in 2023. The median salary was about $100,600 annually.

Mining and Geological Engineering Mining and geological engineering degree not currently available at SNHU. 2023 median salary: $100,640, BLS reports* Typical required education: Bachelor’s degree, ...

The restart of the mining engineering program at UTEP will help close this gap. Mining is a $700 billion industry in the U.S. and more than a $10 billion industry in Texas alone.