Mining engineering majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a mining engineering degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in mining engineering. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 1,558 mining engineering major resumes to identify the jobs mining engineering majors most prefer.
Highest-Paying Jobs With a Mining Engineering Degree
- Starting Salary$63,000Job openings34,491Top Locations:Houston, TX; Greenville, SC; Indianapolis, IN;Job Description:Materials engineers develop, process, and test materials used to create a wide range of products, from computer chips and aircraft wings to golf clubs and biomedical devices. They study the properties and structures of metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, nanomaterials (extremely small substances), and other substances to create new materials that meet certain mechanical, electrical, and chemical requirements.
- Starting Salary$62,000Job openings66,937Top Locations:Job Description:Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.
- Starting Salary$61,000Job openings3,627Top Locations:Elko, NV; Salt Lake City, UT; Farmington, NM;Job Description:Mining and geological engineers design mines to safely and efficiently remove minerals such as coal and metals for use in manufacturing and utilities.
- Starting Salary$56,000Job openings15,062Top Locations:Houston, TX; New York, NY; Dallas, TX;Job Description:Civil engineers design, build, supervise, operate, and maintain construction projects and systems in the public and private sector, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment.
- Starting Salary$54,000Job openings107,703Top Locations:New York, NY; Norfolk, VA; San Diego, CA;Job Description:Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineers design, develop, build, and test mechanical and thermal sensors and devices, including tools, engines, and machines.
- Starting Salary$51,000Job openings86,015Top Locations:Job Description:Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturing of electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, and power generation equipment. Electronics engineers design and develop electronic equipment, such as broadcast and communications systems—from portable music players to global positioning systems (GPSs).
- Starting Salary$27,000Job openings97,722Top Locations:Job Description:Civil engineering technicians help civil engineers to plan, design, and build highways, bridges, utilities, and other infrastructure projects. They also help to plan, design, and build commercial, industrial, residential, and land development projects.
