Engineering
Aerospace Engineer
Aerospace engineers design and test vehicles that fly — planes, satellites, rockets. A specialized, prestigious engineering field with strong pay.
Median salary
$130,000
Typical range
$85k – $175k
Job outlook
+6% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Aerospace Engineer
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Aerospace Engineer Intern
Internship
$42,500
~4 mos to advance
Junior Aerospace Engineer
Entry / Junior
$85,000
~2 yrs to advance
Aerospace Engineer
Established
$130,000
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Aerospace Engineer
Senior
$152,500
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Key skills
A typical day
- •Design aerospace systems
- •Run simulations and tests
- •Analyze flight data
Fields of study
Aerospace Engineering · Mechanical Engineering
Top colleges for Engineering
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- Georgia Institute of Technology16% admit · $99,000 grad pay
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign45% admit · $80,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.