Exactly 2,940 of Alaska's 5,350 engineering professionals work in Anchorage. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of engineering professionals in Anchorage has grown by 5%. As the number of engineering professionals in Anchorage has increased, overall employment in Anchorage has also increased.

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In Anchorage, salaries for engineering professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $92,050 per year was earned by engineering professionals in Anchorage. Engineering professionals in Anchorage made a yearly average salary of $75,107, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of engineering professionals in Anchorage is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Engineering professionals in Anchorage make a median yearly salary of $87,854. The difference in pay between the engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 95%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $57,884 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $113,053 per year.

On average engineering professional salaries in Anchorage are higher than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited engineering school in the city. Many of Anchorage's engineering professionals are graduates of this school.

Anchorage's engineering schools offer 7 engineering degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 114 students completed engineering courses.