The 20 highest-paying jobs for engineering majors

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Engineering jobs pay well. To find out just how lucrative they really are, we turned to PayScale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database.

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To find the 20 highest-paying jobs for engineering majors, PayScale first identified the most common jobs for those with a bachelor's degree (and nothing more) who work full-time in the US. They then ranked those jobs by "Experienced Median Pay," which is the median compensation - including base salary, bonuses, commissions, overtime, and profit sharing (but not equity) - for those in any given profession with a "typical amount of experience."

Chief architects and vice president's of business development topped the list, both earning an impressive $151,000 a year.

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Here's the full list:

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