Exactly 8,250 of the 25,280 engineering professionals employed in Wisconsin, work in Milwaukee. The number of engineering professionals in Milwaukee has shrunk by 19% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for engineering professionals in Milwaukee has decreased, overall employment in Milwaukee has increased.

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In Milwaukee, salaries for engineering professionals have increased. Milwaukee engineering professionals made $64,977 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, engineering professionals in Milwaukee made an average salary of $59,668 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee engineering professionals earn a median yearly salary of $62,140. The difference in pay between the engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 115%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $42,958 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $92,339 per year.

On average engineering professionals in Milwaukee earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Milwaukee.

Many of Milwaukee's engineering professionals are graduates of one of the 5 accredited engineering schools in the city.

There are a total of 33 degree and certificate programs in engineering offered by Milwaukee's engineering schools.

In 2010 approximately 740 students completed engineering courses.