How much can my salary be if I study engineering in Peru?

If you like numbers and calculations and mathematical and scientific formulas are your thing, but you still don’t know what career you’re going to study and you’re still undecided about your professional future, maybe find out how the salaries of those who are inclined towards some of the engineering branches could be useful for you, especially when it comes to young professionals.

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Depending on the web platform Get on the rundriven by the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (PEMT)the Ministry of Education (Minedu) and IPAE Business Actionten of the 20 university careers that in 2020 reported the best income or salaries belong to the engineering family, with systems engineering and computing being the best paid today, only after statistics and medicine.

To establish this order, the information on labor demand was taken into account (remuneration by families of careers and institution) that comes, mainly, from what is reported by the companies themselves through the MTPE Electronic Form Based on the monthly income of young workers (between 18 and 29 years of age) who graduated from university between 2017 and 2019.

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HOW MUCH DOES AN ENGINEER EARN?

Based on the information provided by Ponte en Carrera, these are the salaries that place ten engineering careers as the best paid in the group of 20 university professions that reported the best salaries in 2020:

1. Computer and systems engineering

With an average remuneration of S/2,876, he heads the list of the highest paid engineers in our country. Moreover, among all the families of engineering careers, the minimum salary registered is S / 1,200 while the maximum reaches S / 5,000.

2. Geological engineering

It is the second best paid engineering career in the family with an average salary of S/.2704; while the maximum remuneration is located at S/4,500, the minimum amounts to S/1,360.

3. Telecommunications Engineering

The average salary of a telecommunications engineering graduate amounts to S/2,645. In the case of this career, the minimum salary reported is S/1,300, while the maximum remuneration reaches S/4,100.

4. Industrial engineering

The average remuneration of an industrial engineer, according to the Electronic Form of the MTPE, is S/2,586; while the minimum salary is S/1,200 and the maximum salary is S/4,500.

5. Sanitary engineering

With S/2,563, the sanitary engineer ranks as the fifth best paid branch within the engineering families. The minimum income is S/930 (equivalent to a minimum living wage – RMV) and the maximum is S/4,000.

6. Mechanical engineering

The average salary of a mechanical engineer graduated between 2017 and 2019 from the university amounts to S / 2,485; while his minimum remuneration is located at S / 1,100 and the maximum at S / 4,300.

7. Electrical engineering

In this case, the average remuneration is located at S/2,432, but at least an electrical engineer earns S/1,200 and at most receives S/4,400.

8. Mining, metallurgical and petroleum engineering

This professional registers an average salary of S/2,406, which is why he is ranked as the seventh best paid engineering career. His minimum income is S / 1,200 and the maximum is S / 4,000.

9. Electronic engineering

In this case, the average salary of an electrical engineer amounts to S/2,327, but his minimum remuneration is S/1,200 and the maximum is S/3,900.

10. Civil engineering

The civil engineer graduated between 2017 and 2019 is registering an average salary of S / 2,270. Even so, he has a minimum income of S / 930 (RMV) while the maximum is located at S / 3,700.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SALARIES OF THE OTHER ENGINEERING COMPANIES?

But, to this first group of the ten best-paid engineering careers, other families are also added –according to data from Ponte en Carrera–, so the list of engineers with the best salaries is completed with:

11. Fisheries engineering

The average salary of a fishery engineering graduate amounts to S/1,898, but the minimum income is S/1,200 and the maximum is S/2,700.

12. Textile engineering and clothing

He registers an average salary of S/1,805, but while his minimum remuneration is S/1,200, the maximum amounts to S/2,900.

13. Other engineering

This group includes transportation engineering and automotive engineering careers. In this case, the average income is S/1,796, but the minimum salary is S/1,100 and the maximum is S/2,800.

14. Engineering in food industries

This engineer registers an average salary of S/1,708, but while his minimum remuneration amounts to S/1,100, the maximum reaches S/2,400.

15. Engineering in agroindustry

With S/1,656 as the average income, it completes the list of the best paid engineering careers. The agroindustrial engineer, at a minimum, registers a salary of S / 1,100 and his maximum remuneration is S / 2,300.

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