[central_va]

many local Milwaukee engineering jobs pay 150K to start. So reality and statistics seem to be at odds here. I worked with a guy with an electrical engineering degree who was just waiting for his real job to start - $120K year at 24 years old.

Total BS. As of Mar 1, 2021, the average annual pay for an Electrical Engineer in the United States is $87,216 a year.

2% of jobs in the highest percentile.

Zip Recruiter Link here.

[PIF]

Hey well your BS is a reality here regardless of what some site says. So I can’t help but wonder if those stats are skewed somehow because guys do make that here working in heavy manufacturing. $87K is Milwaukee Public School admin wages (one of the worst schools system in the US). Union barrel hwy guys make in the high $70Ks (plus benefits).

And you are using averages to make you case so that also is a stat which is not specific to any industry or manufacturing company.