Engine Machinist
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Engine Machinist degree recipients are Houston, TX and Raymond, MS. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Engine Machinist degree recipients are Raymond, MS and Houston, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying Engine Machinist is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Engine Machinist and the types of students that study this field. undefined awards the most degrees in Engine Machinist in the US, but School of Automotive Machinists & Technology and Hinds Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engine Machinist.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Engine Machinist programs are Private for-profit, 2-year institutions (1 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, 2-year (80 completions).
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Engine Machinist.
Out of all institutions that offer Engine Machinist programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, School of Automotive Machinists & Technology has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Engine Machinist, with 58%.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Mechanical Technologies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Mechanical Technologies majors is $87,407 and the most common occupations are Automotive service technicians & mechanics, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.
The industry that employs the most Mechanical Technologies majors is uninformed, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers .
The average salary for Mechanical Technologies majors is $87,407 and the most common occupations are Automotive service technicians & mechanics, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Mechanical Technologies majors.
The most common occupations for Mechanical Technologies majors, by number of employees, are Automotive service technicians & mechanics, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Mechanical Technologies majors working as Aircraft mechanics & service technicians, Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, and Small engine mechanics.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Mechanical Technologies majors are Chiropractors, Physicians, and Magnetic resonance imaging technologists.
The number of Mechanical Technologies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.03%, from 20,883 in 2022 to 21,307 in 2023.
The largest single share of Mechanical Technologies graduates go on to work as Automotive service technicians & mechanics (4.66%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Mechanical Technologies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Mechanical Technologies majors, by number of employees, are uninformed, Construction, and Automotive repair & maintenance.
The highest paying industries of Mechanical Technologies majors, by average wage, are Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers , Offices of chiropractors, and Offices of physicians.
The number of Mechanical Technologies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.03%, from 20,883 in 2022 to 21,307 in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Mechanical Technologies graduates by share is uninformed, followed by Construction. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Mechanical Technologies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Mechanical Technologies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Mechanical Technologies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Mechanical Technologies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Mechanical Technologies is 42.7.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Mechanical Technologies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Mechanical Technologies (49 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Mechanical Technologies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 26 and 27 years old, which represent 4.9% and 4.02% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Engine Machinist are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Mechanical Technologies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Engine Machinist.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Engine Machinist for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Engine Machinist.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in West Indies that hold Mechanical Technologies degrees (32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (886 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Engine Machinist field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engine Machinist majors need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Engine Machinist majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Engine Machinist majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
