Industrial engineers work to increase productivity of making products or providing services. They design or improve systems that distribute good and services, develop wage and salary administration, and develop job evaluation programs.
The starting salary for an industrial engineer with a Bachelors Degree is $58,358.
The average salary for an industrial engineer with a Bachelor’s Degree is $77,090.
In 2008, there were 214,800 industrial engineers in the field. It was the third highest populated engineering field.
The job outlook for industrial engineers is good. In the next decade employment growth is expected to rise by 14%. It is growing faster than all of the other engineering fields.
Some of the industrial engineering societies are the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the National Association on Industrial Technology.
Some of the industrial engineering societies are the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the National Association on Industrial Technology.
Graduates can start the licensing process by completing the examination, which is split into two parts. Upon graduation the Fundamentals of Engineering exam can be taken. If passed, the student is considered an engineer in training. After a student has gained work experience in the field, the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam is taken to become an engineer.
The top three schools for industrial engineers are the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and the University of California- Berkeley.
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