Chemical Engineering Salary

Chemical Engineers are well paid, with the potential to earn more than doctors, lawyers and accountants!
An average salary for graduate trainees is over £23,000, ranging from £18,500 - £26,000. Chartered Chemical Engineers commandeven higher salaries, with the average beingjust under £52,000 and many earning salaries in excess of £100,000.

Is that info right especially the bit in bold :eek:

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Been thinking about chemical engineering for a while, I REALLY enjoy chemistry but I thought to my self 'what can i do with it really?' I had this stereotypical image of me working in a little lab somewhere doing experiments with test tubes. But then I started reading about chemical engineering and its looking like a very good career to get into. :smile:

Reply 1

bluenoxid

The wages in Chemical Engineering are the highest for engineering.

Whilst the money is good, only do it if you enjoy chemistry and maths. its great getting paid loads but a bit sad if you dont enjoy the job

And believe me, not all of it involves wearing a white coat.

Remember for an average of £52000, someone has to be earning less than that too.

Reply 2

Logan

so that means chemical engineering is completely different form just plain chemistry?

Reply 3

Lex69

Yes, but you still do a fair bit of chemistry as well as maths and physics. Generally the chemistry is more on the physical side, well at the start of the course at least.

Reply 4

Thommo

Yes, this is very true. I know several chemical engineers, two of whom are in their early 50's and who earn in excess of 100,000. This is no myth, but you need to be in very senior positions before you can even think about hitting 6 figures.

Reply 5

keano

nasht

so that means chemical engineering is completely different form just plain chemistry?

yes mate its more about chemical plant design and chemical process and manufacture and etc and chemistry ofcourse but not as much as the plain chemistry degree...and also on the plus side you end up with an MEng or a BEng rather than the BSc or MSc

Reply 6

ProfessorFitBoy

keano

What's so bad about a BSc or MSc :confused:

Reply 7

random123

ProfessorFitBoy

What's so bad about a BSc or MSc :confused:

Nothing, I think the main point is that it's easier to get certificated as a chemical engineer with IChemE if you have an MEng as opposed to an MSc.

Reply 8

keano

ProfessorFitBoy

What's so bad about a BSc or MSc :confused:

yep it makes it easier when becoming a chartered engineer. and also some bigheaded companies even dont consider interviewing peeps without BEng or MEng's....dunno why though :biggrin:

Reply 9

Manifest

ProfessorFitBoy

What's so bad about a BSc or MSc :confused:

Bsc is a barchelor's degree in science and Msc is a master's degree in science. You are trained to become an engineer not a scientist. Most of the graduates with Bsc and Msc go into research not field of work as an engineer. (I might be right) :biggrin:

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