Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Engineers, 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 Engineers, All Other positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $112,801 versus $99,877 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +12.9%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 41% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Doctorate$130,736534.6%
High School$118,47730.3%
Master's$112,80160252.6%
Bachelor's$99,87747041%
None$98,126100.9%
Other$91,62030.3%
Associate's$68,25540.3%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
RevereIT LLC N/A N/A N/A $71,926
Engineering Technology Associates Bachelor's 100% 0% $56,000
Vastek Inc Master's 12.5% 87.5% $72,500
Validation Associates LLC N/A N/A N/A $72,821
I3Infotek, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $69,000
Aplomb Solutions LLC Bachelor's 50% 50% $80,000
Schlumberger Technology Corporation N/A N/A N/A $75,725
L&T Technology Services LLC N/A N/A N/A $72,318
Engineering Services, Inc N/A N/A N/A $60,000
Tesla, Inc. Bachelor's 74.1% 22.2% $104,000
Apple Inc. Master's 23.2% 66.1% $135,000
Fusion Life Sciences Technologies, LLC Master's 0% 100% $87,000
Unicon Pharma Inc Master's 0% 100% $79,165
Medtronic, Inc. Master's 23.1% 76.9% $86,750
LS Group, LLC Master's 0% 100% $87,000
Intel Corporation N/A N/A N/A $89,877
Zimmer, Inc. Master's 50% 50% $66,000
QUADGEN WIRELESS SOLUTIONS INC N/A N/A N/A $59,301
VALIDATION TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES INC N/A N/A N/A $75,500
ASML US Master's 14.3% 66.7% $103,147