Exactly 320 of Missouri's 6,960 mechanical engineering professionals work in Rolla. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Rolla has shrunk by 22%. As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Rolla has decreased, overall employment in Rolla has increased.

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In Rolla, salaries for mechanical engineering professionals have increased. Rolla mechanical engineering professionals made $58,230 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for mechanical engineering professionals in Rolla was $49,622 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of mechanical engineering professionals in Rolla is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Mechanical engineering professionals make a median salary of $59,410 per year in Rolla. The difference in pay between the mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 121%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $34,782 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $76,992 per year.

Mechanical engineering professional salaries in Rolla are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

Rolla's mechanical engineering schools offer 3 mechanical engineering degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 213 students graduated from mechanical engineering courses in 2010.