Engineering Jobs and MBA Programs in Pennsylvania

There are plenty of job and employment prospects for engineering managers in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, there are currently 5,500 jobs for engineering managers and this is projected to grow by two percent to 5,700 jobs by 2016. This growth falls short of the projected rise of the national job pool for engineering managers, which shows an increase of six percent over the next 10 years. In general, engineering managers plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.

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State figures show that engineering managers in Pennsylvania earn $54 per hour or $112,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $58 hourly or $120,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Keystone State, Pennsylvania is home to 12,604,767 people. It's population has increased 2.6 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Harrisburg. There were 7,407,409 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Pennsylvania earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $39,762, up from $38,738. The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was 8.1 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.8 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 22.4 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Pennsylvania include railroad rolling stock manufacturing, women's' cut apparel manufacturing, community care facilities for the elderly and women's' cut other outerwear manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest city park with over 8,000 acres. One of the unique tidbits about Pennsylvania is Pennsylvania is the only original colony not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

Engineering

Engineering managers plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.

While working, they recruit employees and evaluate their work, as well as oversee the development and maintenance of staff. Also, they talk with management and marketing staff to consider project specifications.

They are required to respond to the actions of others and coordinate activities with them and write well.

Engineering managers must be able to read and understand documents and reports. They should also have the ability to articulate ideas and problems.

In order to be successful in the workplace, engineering managers must have exceptional integrity and be reliable.