Engineering students across the country have a lot to look forward to according to workforce solution provider Kelly Services. The staffing agency recently published an engineering employment outlook with projections through 2023, and in that time, they’re predicting nearly 250,000 new engineering jobs will become available in the U.S.
Civil engineering tops the list of growing occupations, with Kelly estimating 45,000 jobs added through 2023. Following that is mechanical engineering (25,000 new jobs), architectural and engineering managers (19,000 new jobs), and industrial engineers (17,000 new jobs).
Even better news for Cullen College students is that Kelly ranked Houston as the top city for engineering demand. They said the demand for engineers in the U.S. is 60 percent higher than all other occupations, and the median income for engineers ($85,000) is over double that of general occupations.
See the full outlook here.