Iowa City engineers among lowest paid for metro areas

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From The American Surveyor:

Reston, Va.-According to a new survey that outlines compensation ranges and trends in the engineering industry, the median income for civil engineers is $78,000 a year, which represents an increase from $77,000 in 2007.The median income for all fields of engineering combined is $85,000, a 7.6 percent increase from 2007. ...[After Missoula, Mont., $56,000] Rounding out the lowest ten incomes by metropolitan area were: Corvallis, Ore., $57,750; Wichita, Kan., $60,371; Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wis., $62,500; Manchester, N.H., $62,500; Burlington, Vt., $62,750; Flagstaff, Ariz.-Utah, $62,882; Tallahassee, Fla., $64,530;

The median income for all fields of engineering combined is $85,000, a 7.6 percent increase from 2007. ...

[After Missoula, Mont., $56,000] Rounding out the lowest ten incomes by metropolitan area were: Corvallis, Ore., $57,750; Wichita, Kan., $60,371; Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wis., $62,500; Manchester, N.H., $62,500; Burlington, Vt., $62,750; Flagstaff, Ariz.-Utah, $62,882; Tallahassee, Fla., $64,530; Iowa City, Iowa, $66,693; Billings, Mont., $67,000 and San Juan, Puerto Rico, $67,000. ...

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