Engineers, All Other
SOC 17-2199 · 2024-2034
All engineers not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $134,513per year
- Projected openings
- 19,090
- Projected change
- +6.4%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $183,226 | 2,190 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $162,058 | 2,480 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $146,270 | 400 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $138,248 | 1,570 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $134,098 | 2,340 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $132,999 | 90 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $131,242 | 260 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $129,682 | 3,280 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $127,093 | 380 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $126,117 | 110 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $125,965 | 20 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $125,870 | 60 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $123,066 | 90 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $119,420 | 130 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $118,896 | 30 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $118,834 | 20 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $117,365 | 220 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $117,273 | 110 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $116,636 | 40 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $113,553 | 1,730 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $113,133 | 20 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $109,107 | 830 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $108,490 | 20 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $107,022 | 30 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $103,683 | 30 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $102,574 | 1,010 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $97,325 | 20 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $90,412 | 40 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $90,412 | 50 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $77,048
- A quarter earn under
- $101,278
- Half earn under
- $134,513
- Three quarters earn under
- $174,584
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $218,068
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineers | $125,929 | 38,210 | +8.2% |
| Industrial Engineers | $128,088 | 24,010 | +11.9% |
| Mechanical Engineers | $134,564 | 20,280 | +11.5% |
| Electrical Engineers | $148,072 | 15,160 | +7.3% |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | $190,364 | 12,740 | +7.8% |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians | $88,500 | 11,520 | -2.9% |
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