Exactly 24,590 of the 167,230 engineering professionals employed in California, work in Stanford. There has been a 48% decline in the number of engineering professionals in Stanford between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Stanford has also decreased.

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In Stanford, salaries for engineering professionals have increased. Stanford engineering professionals made $86,734 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, engineering professionals in Stanford made an average salary of $78,525 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Stanford.

Engineering professionals in Stanford make a median yearly salary of $84,807. The difference in pay between the engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 97%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $56,384 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $111,354 per year.

On average engineering professional salaries in Stanford are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Stanford's engineering professionals are graduates of the only accredited engineering school in the city.

There are a total of 27 degree and certificate programs in engineering offered by Stanford's engineering schools.

In 2010 approximately 973 students graduated from engineering courses.