The median annual wage for aerospace engineers is $109,650. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $69,150, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $160,290.

The median annual wages for aerospace engineers in the top industries in which they work are as follows:

Federal government, excluding postal service$115,090Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing112,640Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences111,070Aerospace product and parts manufacturing108,920Engineering services106,320

Aerospace engineers typically work full time. Engineers who direct projects must often work extra hours to monitor progress, to ensure that designs meet requirements, to determine how to measure aircraft performance, to see that production meets design standards, and to ensure that deadlines are met...