Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $87,661 versus $63,419 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +38.2%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 34.7% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Master's$87,6611313.7%
Other$86,77922.1%
None$68,2252021.1%
High School$67,7911212.6%
Associate's$66,5991515.8%
Bachelor's$63,4193334.7%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
Telecom Technology Services, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $38,584
Vaswani Inc Master's 0% 100% $45,000
Tracer Construction LLC Master's 0% 100% $76,939
Mando America Corporation N/A N/A N/A $45,000
University of California at Santa Barbara N/A N/A N/A $55,308
Quality Control Laboratories LLC N/A N/A N/A $42,266
Tomar Construction LLC. N/A N/A N/A $44,574
University of Houston System N/A N/A N/A $43,500
Open Systems Technologies, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $61,360
Testengeer, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $55,338
Texas First Industrial Corp N/A N/A N/A $47,258
University of Pittsburgh N/A N/A N/A $39,879
IBM Corporation N/A N/A N/A $78,900
Case Western Reserve University N/A N/A N/A $47,951
Michael Baker International, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $58,864
Elite Pipeline Services, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $62,330
Foxconn Assembly LLC None 0% 0% $47,840
MATCOR METAL FABRICATION INC. N/A N/A N/A $55,000
Fusion Group, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $54,808
UST Global Inc N/A N/A N/A N/A