Jun 6, 2023
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With 5 years of experience, mechanical engineers will earn between $3,445 and $7,446 per month. The survey shows that 13% of the workers feel dissatisfied about their position. This is made clear in research by Paywizard.org, conducted in 2023.
Inexperienced mechanical engineers earn hourly wage between $18 and $38
Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between $4,498 and $9,767 per month. People in this job earn between $18 and $38 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.
55% of workers in this occupation have 1 child or more. Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. Of the respondents, 6% are female and 94% are male.
Average working week of 40 hours
Workers work 40 hours per week on average.
47% of mechanical engineers fewer than 5 years of work experience
47% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. 63% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 37% of respondents. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are male. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 65% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation.
In the survey, 13% of the employees choose 'dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most people in this job are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 32% of the people in this job.
Among the workers, 26% reported they are satisfied with their wage. 45% of the employees reports to be in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage.
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