Of the 20,800 mechanical engineering professionals employed in Pennsylvania, 6,220 work in Philadelphia. The number of mechanical engineering professionals in Philadelphia has shrunk by 5% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for mechanical engineering professionals in Philadelphia has decreased, overall employment in Philadelphia has increased.

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As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Philadelphia has shrunk, salaries for mechanical engineering professionals have increased. Philadelphia mechanical engineering professionals made $70,792 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, mechanical engineering professionals in Philadelphia made an average salary of $61,954 per year. The growth in the salary of mechanical engineering professionals in Philadelphia is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Mechanical engineering professionals make a median salary of $69,992 per year in Philadelphia. The difference in pay between the mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 163%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $39,486 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $103,804 per year.

Philadelphia mechanical engineering professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There are 4 accredited mechanical engineering schools in the city. Many of Philadelphia's mechanical engineering professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Philadelphia's mechanical engineering schools offer 10 mechanical engineering degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 316 students graduated from mechanical engineering courses.