Of the 16,210 mechanical engineering professionals employed in Illinois, 14,520 work in Palos Hills. Between 2006 and 2010, in Palos Hills, there has been a 3% growth in the number of mechanical engineering professionals. As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Palos Hills has increased, overall employment in Palos Hills has also increased.

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In Palos Hills, salaries for mechanical engineering professionals have increased. Palos Hills mechanical engineering professionals made $64,836 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for mechanical engineering professionals in Palos Hills was $59,252 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of mechanical engineering professionals in Palos Hills is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Mechanical engineering professionals in Palos Hills make a median yearly salary of $61,832. The 10% of mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $39,230 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $95,198 per year.

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

Many of Palos Hills' mechanical engineering professionals are graduates of the only accredited mechanical engineering school in the city.

Palos Hills' mechanical engineering school offers one mechanical engineering degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 8 students completed mechanical engineering courses.