Typical pay for a professional engineer in Oz
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Typical pay for a professional engineer in Oz
Slightly off topic but what is a typical salary for a professional engineer (say Mechanical Engineer involved in development of process plant) in Australia. A colleague who's worked out your way reckons $120000 AUS, though that's way more than in the UK even if the exchange rate comes back so just wondering what's realistic as may need to rely on my day job to support any flying with you guys. Cheers.
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120k would be a reasonably typical package for a reasonably experienced engineer. Old Pharte engineers like djpil and me are probably looking at something moderately in excess of that - although he tends to spend his time playing hands on with aeroplanes these days - lucky devil.
The report data to which djpil refers indicates quite a range across the various subdisciplines, experience, etc., and is researched and published regularly.
The report data to which djpil refers indicates quite a range across the various subdisciplines, experience, etc., and is researched and published regularly.
$120k is not unrealistic, although in another sense it is completely unrealistic!
The mining industry here has distorted the crap out of the rest of the engineering industry, which is withering on the vine. Once it disappears entirely, we will all be digging holes for a living and Australia will appear what it really is - a resource economy no different to Saudi Arabia or Venezuela.
By the time Krudd has finished with it, it'll look more like the latter than the former!
The mining industry here has distorted the crap out of the rest of the engineering industry, which is withering on the vine. Once it disappears entirely, we will all be digging holes for a living and Australia will appear what it really is - a resource economy no different to Saudi Arabia or Venezuela.
By the time Krudd has finished with it, it'll look more like the latter than the former!
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It depends on the field you're in and as Akro says, where you're prepared to work. I run an engineering business in a very specialised, very in demand industry.
Grads are on $80k+, 5-10 years $125k and once you get useful, about $150-160k. Thats based in a capital city. Elsewhere we'd be paying more, if we could convince anyone to go.
PS Andy - why is it unrealistic? These are people who, in a similar vein to pilots:
- studied for many years
- are of above average intelligence
- make decisions on a daily basis that affect peoples safety
- in our case, work in all weather, at night, on weekends etc
- create actual things/provide actual services that make a physical difference
it's just that they, unlike pilots, don't have the perceived glamour and so the supply isn't there.
If you want unrealistic, look at the unskilled wages paid in the mining section and the skilled wages paid to lawyers, accountants and those who just push paper around and look to make money off the backs of others! [/rant].
Grads are on $80k+, 5-10 years $125k and once you get useful, about $150-160k. Thats based in a capital city. Elsewhere we'd be paying more, if we could convince anyone to go.
PS Andy - why is it unrealistic? These are people who, in a similar vein to pilots:
- studied for many years
- are of above average intelligence
- make decisions on a daily basis that affect peoples safety
- in our case, work in all weather, at night, on weekends etc
- create actual things/provide actual services that make a physical difference
it's just that they, unlike pilots, don't have the perceived glamour and so the supply isn't there.
If you want unrealistic, look at the unskilled wages paid in the mining section and the skilled wages paid to lawyers, accountants and those who just push paper around and look to make money off the backs of others! [/rant].
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Our heli engineers are paid from $52K NZ young fresh LAME, to $160k NZ for CE with 40yrs exp.
engineers don't have the glamour, but then less of them die on the job as well...
engineers don't have the glamour, but then less of them die on the job as well...
