Of the 19,390 mechanical engineering professionals employed in Virginia, 170 work in Charlottesville. Between 2006 and 2010, in Charlottesville, there has been a 31% growth in the number of mechanical engineering professionals. As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Charlottesville has increased, overall employment in Charlottesville has also increased.

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As the number of mechanical engineering professionals in Charlottesville has grown, salaries for mechanical engineering professionals have also increased. Charlottesville mechanical engineering professionals made $74,615 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for mechanical engineering professionals in Charlottesville was $66,540 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Charlottesville.

Charlottesville mechanical engineering professionals earn a median yearly salary of $74,375. The 10% of mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $37,355 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $112,655 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 64 students graduated from mechanical engineering courses in 2010.