Of the 11,440 mechanical engineering professionals employed in North Carolina, 450 work in Asheville. There has been a 80% growth in the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Asheville between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for mechanical engineering professionals in Asheville has increased, overall employment in Asheville has also increased.

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As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Asheville has grown, salaries for mechanical engineering professionals have also increased. In 2010 Asheville mechanical engineering professionals earned an average yearly salary of $57,008. Four years earlier in 2006, mechanical engineering professionals in Asheville made an average salary of $55,445 per year. The growth in the salary of mechanical engineering professionals in Asheville is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Mechanical engineering professionals make a median salary of $57,255 per year in Asheville. The 10% of mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $39,195 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $76,628 per year.

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

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

Asheville's mechanical engineering school offers one mechanical engineering degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 5 students completed mechanical engineering courses.