Power P.E. Salary

[chart94 PE]

I want to do substation design.  

JOIN US!!

 

[chart94 PE]

Beware of big consulting firms out there which are always hiring. They usually have a hiring & layoff season.  

power companies for the win!

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Beware of big consulting firms out there which are always hiring. They usually have a hiring & layoff season.  

Mine doesn't *shrugs* Never seen a layoff in the 8.5 years I've been here. 

 

[Sparky Bill PE]

Mine doesn't *shrugs* Never seen a layoff in the 8.5 years I've been here. 

Southeast here. Never seen layoffs in 15 years here either. 

Anyone got a link to this spreadsheet yall are referencing? 

 

[DLD PE]

Southeast here. Never seen layoffs in 15 years here either. 

Anyone got a link to this spreadsheet yall are referencing? 

 

[DLD PE]

Mine doesn't *shrugs* Never seen a layoff in the 8.5 years I've been here. 

I've never seen a layoff in the close to 15 years I've been working in the MEP industry.  My supervisor in NC joked (during the '08-09' crisis), "We were too busy to participate in the recession."

I've seen people lose their jobs twice.  Once because the company went out of business (bankrupt because they took on some huge projects, bigger than they should have, and didn't get paid), and second because the guy simply refused to get his act together and simply do what he was asked.  He didn't even get fired (not yet).  He was asked to find another place to work and finally left before he got fired.

I've witnessed terrible designers stay at the same job for years.

 

[Red Herring PE]

That's unreal.  I make $70K and I have 15 years experience in the MEP field.

$70k after 15 years? All of those as an engineer?

I'd say you're significantly underpaid.  I'm at an industrial consulting firm in Omaha, so probably similar cost of living and somewhat similar industry.  I'm 4.5 years in and making $79.5k.  I just passed the PE which leads to an automatic promotion with 10-15% raise at my company, so I should be in the $87-90k range in the next couple weeks. 

 

[DLD PE]

$70k after 15 years? All of those as an engineer?

I'd say you're significantly underpaid.  I'm at an industrial consulting firm in Omaha, so probably similar cost of living and somewhat similar industry.  I'm 4.5 years in and making $79.5k.  I just passed the PE which leads to an automatic promotion with 10-15% raise at my company, so I should be in the $87-90k range in the next couple weeks. 

Congratulations on passing the PE exam! Yes, I've been in the MEP field since 2004.  Most of those years have been with the same company.