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Average Salary of a Nuclear Engineer

Thursday, May 14, 2009
Related Tags: salary | median | engineers | 110,00 | private
 

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Starting Wage

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    The starting wage for a nuclear engineer is about $60,500 per year. Few careers offer salaries this high to entry-level employees.

Mid-level

  • Step 1:
    After being a nuclear engineer for between 10-20 years, an employee should expect to make somewhere around $95,000 per year.

Experienced

  • Step 1:
    The median salary for nuclear engineers with more than 20 years of experience is almost $110,00 per year.

Private Firm

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    Private firms have been found to pay nuclear engineers the most. The median salary at a private firm is nearly $98,500 per year.

Highest Pay by City

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    The city with the highest median salary for nuclear engineers is Washington D.C. The median salary for nuclear engineers there is $105,000 per year.

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