Aerospace doesn't make a distinction between Engineers. There may be different specific discipline descriptions for organizational convenience, but it has no bearing on salary level. It is simply an "Aerospace Engineer" with different levels of experience - all of which are woefully underpaid, by the way.
doesn't distinguish between licensed and unlicensed civils, only yrs experience.
If their median salary refers to licensed civils, then they are pretty close indeed for Harrisburg, PA. But I hope no one thinks an unlicensed civil w/ only 4-6 yrs is going to average $74k in Harrisburg, PA in 2005. It just ain't happenin' folks.
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In automotive the type of engineer has a relatively small effect on your likely salary, I'd guess the same is true of aerospace, so, in Seattle
level I 54k 0-2
level II 60k 2-4
level III 75k 4-5
level V 103k 8+
Now, there seems to be something rather odd with the years of experience vs level there. The increase in pay vs time looks about right for 0 to 5 years, but their definition of level III must be looser than mine.
In my experience very few engineers are truly level V by 35 years of age, ie 10-12 years of post grad experience.
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