Hope you all realize in the USA an engineer is strictly of the design/modification sort, nothing to do with the FAA. Those saleries seem high and I believe it to be a result of the defence divisions alot of major aerospace manufacturers have been making alot of money off of as a result of the war.
The equivilant of a LAME in the USA is usually making about as much if not more that the engineer on support staff standing by to whip off an E.A. to stop drill a crack that the SRM does not cover on an overnight.
Generally the starting wage for a AMT or LAME is 12-18 dollars an hour to start. 20-25 dollars is usally not very hard to find with some experience. Low 40's being paid to a seasoned tech as one of the most desirable of employers.
So annual is 25k - 90K, not to speak of overtime and benefits.