Exactly 300 of the 13,470 mechanical engineering professionals employed in Wisconsin, work in Platteville. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Platteville has shrunk by 37%. As the employment for mechanical engineering professionals in Platteville has decreased, overall employment in Platteville has increased.

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As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Platteville has shrunk, salaries for mechanical engineering professionals have also decreased. In 2010 Platteville mechanical engineering professionals earned an average yearly salary of $54,293. The average salary for mechanical engineering professionals in Platteville was $55,630 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of mechanical engineering professionals in Platteville is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Mechanical engineering professionals in Platteville make a median yearly salary of $50,180. The 10% of mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $33,780 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $83,750 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 67 students completed mechanical engineering courses in 2010.