Co-op Salary Statistics
To help you determine an appropriate pay scale for Co-op positions, here are Co-op wages and employers, by major, for the past three years:
2008-2009
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $15.26-$18.82 | $11.00-$45.67 | NASA Johnson Space Center, CIA, Kettering University, Hitachi |
| Wage mean: | $16.45 | $28.34 | |
| # of students: | 3 | 2 |
Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $18.00-$20.00 | - | RealNetworks |
| Wage mean: | $19.00 | - | |
| # of students: | 2 | 0 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $15.00-$16.50 | $14.42-$30.00 | Infectious Disease Research Institute, Philips, Spencer Technologies, Siemens, City of Seattle Fleets & Facilities Dept |
| Wage mean: | $15.75 | $20.35 | |
| # of students: | 2 | 3 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $8.00-$19.63 | $22.00 | Acumentrics, Genentech, Mitsubishi, Pliant Corp, Procter & Gamble, Covidien |
| Wage mean: | $15.66 | $22.00 | |
| # of students: | 5 | 1 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $10.00-$13.00 | - | Integrated Design Engineers, Obayashi Corporation |
| Wage mean: | $11.50 | - | |
| # of students: | 2 | 0 |
Computer Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $7.38-$36.53 | $34.62-$48.00 | Microsoft, Research in Motion, Amazon, Google, Yahoo |
| Wage mean: | $22.92 | $40.99 | |
| # of students: | 20 | 13 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.50-$26.00 | $7.29-$100.00 | Cisco, Kimberly Clark, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Areva, Cisco, DRVision Technologies LLC, Intellectual Ventures |
| Wage mean: | $20.12 | $30.63 | |
| # of students: | 18 | 30 |
Human Centered Design & Engineering (formerly Technical Communication)
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $32.00 | - | Bargain Network Inc. |
| Wage mean: | $32.00 | - | |
| # of students: | 1 | 0 |
Industrial & Systems Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $10.93-$17.00 | $20.00-$30.00 |
Defence Contract Mgt Agency at Boeing, Pliant Corp, True Fabrications, Widemile, Areva, Philips, TEPFIN |
| Wage mean: | $13.81 | $25.00 | |
| # of students: | 4 | 5 |
Material Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $17.00-$20.70 | - | Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Kimberly-Clark, Acumentrics |
| Wage mean: | $18.68 | - | |
| # of students: | 5 | 0 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $13.00-$28.75 | $24.00-$25.00 |
Boeing, Sound Propeller Systems LLC, Enertechnix, Intellectual Ventures, Triumph |
| Wage mean: | $17.94 | $24.67 | |
| # of students: | 21 | 3 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $13.00-$20.53 | - | Boeing |
| Wage mean: | $17.99 | - | |
| # of students: | 12 | 0 |
Technical Communication (see Human Centered Design & Engineering)
2007-2008
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $15.26 | $11.00-45.67 | Hitachi, NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Kettering University |
| Wage mean: | $15.26 | $28.34 | |
| # of students: | 2 | 2 |
Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $9.00-17.50 | - | Zango, Rhinoceros Development |
| Wage mean: | $13.25 | - | |
| # of students: | 2 | 0 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | 16.50 | 14.42 | Philips, Spencer Technologies |
| Wage mean: | 16.50 | 14.42 | |
| # of students: | 1 | 1 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $17.00-$26.37 | $39.50 | SteriCoat, Proctor and Gamble, Acumentrics, McHale & Associates |
| Wage mean: | $20.46 | $39.50 | |
| # of students: | 3 | 1 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.50-16.00 | $30.00-38.46 | HDR, The Galli Group, Amir Engineering, Inc., Hydranautics, Applied Technology Council |
| Wage mean: | $14.50 | $34.23 | |
| # of students: | 3 | 2 |
Computer Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $8.75-40.00 | $15.00-44.43 | Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon.com, Apple Computer, Avanade Inc., Burke Museum, Cisco, Cozi, EMC2, f5, Google, Inc., Honda Research Inst USA, IBM, IBM Research, Institute for Systems Biology, Intel, Intel Corporation, LiveMocha, LiveMocha, Inc., Marchex, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Mission Critical Technology, Nuance Communications, Real Networks, Research in Motion, RIM, Rubicon International, Terando Corp, Trafficgauge, Verdiem, Wetpaint.com, Inc., Weyerhaeuser, Yahoo, Yahoo Research |
| Wage mean: | $21.38 | $37.63 | |
| # of students: | 28 | 24 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $10.00-26.00 | $7.29-46.78 | AMD, aQuantive, Inc., Areva, AVITECH, Bechtel, Blue Origin, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Inc., Crane Aerospace, Elektrobit Inc., EMC2, Ericsson, Genie Industries, Honda, HP, IBM, Intel Corporation, Intellectual Ventures, Intellectual Ventures Property Holdings, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Kronos Air Technologies, Mass Electric Construction, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, parc, Philips Medical Systems, PHYTEC America LLC, Powerit Solutions, Puget Sound Energy, Qualcomm, RealNetworks Inc., Red Dot, Research in Motion (RIM), Siemens, Siemens Ultrasound, SRI, T Mobile, Team on Systems/ RIM, Tethers Unlimited, Inc., T-Mobile, Triakis Corp, Triumph Aerospace, ubiubi, llc, UWMC Radiation Oncology, Zymogenetics |
| Wage mean: | $20.17 | $29.23 | |
| # of students: | 38 | 36 |
Human Centered Design & Engineering (formerly Technical Communication)
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $16.06-23.50 | - | IBM, Boeing |
| Wage mean: | $19.77 | - | |
| # of students: | 3 | 0 |
Industrial & Systems Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $13.00-31.15 | $20.00-35.00 | T-Mobile, Genie Industries, Georgia Pacific, Walt Disney World, Areva, Widemile, Alaska Airlines, UPS, Microsoft, The Avtech Corporation, Philips |
| Wage mean: | $19.41 | $25.67 | |
| # of students: | 4 | 7 |
Material Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $17.00-22.15 | - | Acumentrics, Kimberly-Clark Corp, Crane |
| Wage mean: | $19.71 | - | |
| # of students: | 5 | 0 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.00-25.00 | $14.42-31.15 | Adidas, Aerojet, Art Anderson Associates, ARUP, B/E Aerospace, Boeing, Boeing Company (Volt), Brooks Sports, Inc., Calypso, Cambria Corpo, Casne, City of Seattle, Disney, Fatigue Technology Inc., Genie Industries, HARGIS, HDR Engineering, Hewlett-Packard, Highline Community College, Intel, Intellectual Ventures, Intellectual Ventures Property Holdings, Jet Parts Engineering, Kimberly-Clark, McKinstry, NanoFacture, Inc., Notkin, Notkin Mechanical Engineers, Philips, Puget Sound Energy, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Quantum, Sandia National Labs, SNC Lavalin Thermal Power, Stantec, T3 Energy Services, Triumph, US Army Corps of Engineers, VisionGate |
| Wage mean: | $17.23 | $22.76 | |
| # of students: | 40 | 11 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $10.50-19.85 | - | Amreli Technology Solutions, NASA, Jet Parts Engineering Inc., Cory Electronics, Georgia Pacific, NASA Langley Research Center, NASA, Boeing |
| Wage mean: | $14.54 | - | |
| # of students: | 9 | 0 |
Technical Communication (see Human Centered Design & Engineering)
2006-2007
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $14.75 - 14.75 | $45.67 - 45.67 | NASA Johnson Space Center, Samsung |
| Wage average: | $14.75 | $45.67 | |
| # of students: | 2 | 1 |
Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $22.75-22.75 | $20.00-39.00 | IBM, Seattle Asian Arts |
| Wage average: | $22.75 | $29.50 | |
| # of students: | 1 | 2 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $24.00-24.00 | $31.16-31.16 | Apple Computer, Philips Research |
| Wage average: | $24.00 | $31.16 | |
| # of students: | 1 | 1 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $18.00-20.70 | - | Apple Computer |
| Wage average: | $24.00 | - | |
| # of students: | 2 | 0 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.50-18.00 | $23.28-31.36 | CH2M HILL, Insight Engineering, Duncanson Company, Inc., The Galli Group, City of Seattle, Washington Dept. of Transportation |
| Wage average: | $14.20 | $27.32 | |
| # of students: | 5 | 2 |
Computer Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $9.00-33.46 | - | Adeneo, Apple Computer, Fluke Networks, Google, Intel Corporation, PMC Sierra, Research in Motion (RIM), Tegic AOL, Teranode, Weyerhaeuser |
| Wage average: | $16.98 | - | |
| # of students: | 11 | 0 |
Computer Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $8.65-40.00 | $14.22-44.43 | Adobe, Amazon.com, Apple Computer, AthleonSport, Chempoint.com, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Google, IBM, IBM Research, Institute for Systems Biology, Intel Corporation, ITTIA, Kodak, LiveMocha, Marchex, Microsoft Research, Northpoint Data, NSA: Department of Defense, Nuance, Research in Motion (RIM), Rubicon International, TEGIC AOL LLC, Teranode, Trafficgauge, Weyerhaeuser, Yahoo Research, Zillow.com, Zymogenetics |
| Wage average: | $19.76 | $35.88 | |
| # of students: | 24 | 20 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.00-30.00 | $15.00-41.14 | Active Symbols Technologies, Inc., Ansoft Corporation, aQuantive, Inc., Ash Grove Cement Company, AT&T Research, Attle Semiconductor Inc., Blue Square Energy, Inc., Boeing, Bsquare Corporation, Cisco Systems, Crane Aerospace, Cypress Semiconductor, dTEC Systems, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Electrobit, EMC, Enertechnix, Inc., Genie Industries, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Honeywell, IBM, Intel Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Kronos Air Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Mass Electric, Microsoft Research, Mitsubishi Electronic, Motorola, Inc., OptoMetrix (Quantum Instruments), Orora Design Technologies, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Parker, Messana, & Associates, PMC-Sierra, Powerit Solutions, Primarion, Puget Sound Energy, Qualcomm, RadioFrame, Red Dot, Research in Motion (RIM), Siemens Technology, Thomson Technology LLC, T-Mobile, Triumph Aerospace, Xilinx |
| Wage average: | $19.76 | $29.10 | |
| # of students: | 39 | 37 |
Human Centered Design & Engineering (formerly Technical Communication)
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $19.75-22.75 | $33.47-33.47 | IBM Corporation |
| Wage average: | $21.25 | $33.47 | |
| # of students: | 2 | 1 |
Industrial & Systems Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $15.00-20.00 | $11.00-36.61 | Areva, Enertechnix, Inc., Food Services of America, Genie Industries, Hitachi Global Storage, Microchip Technology Inc., nLight, Paragon Decision Technology, Philips Oral Healthcare, T-Mobile |
| Wage average: | $19.90 | $24.55 | |
| # of students: | 5 | 7 |
Material Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.00-22.15 | - | DCMA Boeing, Jet Parts Engineering, Kimberly-Clark Corp, Thick Film Technologies |
| Wage average: | 15.10 | - | |
| # of students: | 4 | 0 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.00-26.04 | $18.75-40.38 | Adidas, Altair Engineering, Applied Physics Laboratory - UW, B/E Aerospace, Boeing, Calypso Medical, City of Seattle, Crane Aerospace Electron, DCMA Boeing, Exotic Metals, HDR Engineering, Hewlett-Packard, Highline Community College, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kenworth Trucking Co., Kimberly-Clark Corp, Lafarge, MicroEncoder, Microvision, Notkin, Nucor Steel, PCE Pacific Inc., RW Beck, Seattle Central Community College, SNC-Lavalin Constructors, Inc., Sonosite, Sound Propeller, Stantec, T3 Energy Services, Triumph, Turner Construction, VEA Product Design, Washington DOT, Western Digital, Yantis Acoustical Design |
| Wage average: | $16.52 | $28.71 | |
| # of students: | 42 | 7 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $10.00-24.24 | - | Amreli Technology Solutions, DCMA Boeing, Genie Industries, Georgia Pacific, Kimberly-Clark, Lockheed Martin, Mass Electric Construction Co., McKinstry, Microsoft, Washington Dept. of Transportation |
| Wage average: | $16.61 | - | |
| # of students: | 10 | 0 |
Technical Communication (see Human Centered Design & Engineering)
2005-2006
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $14.75 - 14.75 | $31.31 | NASA Johnson Space Center, Samsung |
| Wage average: | $14.75 | $31.31 | |
| # of students: | 2 | 1 |
Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $16.00 | - | Areva TD Inc. |
| Wage average: | $16.00 | - | |
| # of students: | 1 | 0 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $24.00-24.00 | $27.00-31.16 | Apple Computer, Philips Research, Spencer Technologies |
| Wage average: | $24.00 | $29.08 | |
| # of students: | 1 | 2 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $12.00-21.50 | $25.00-$26.80 | ALZA, Boston Scientific, Dow Chemical, Georgia Pacific, Kimberly Clark, Micron Technology, Proctor & Gamble |
| Wage average: | $17.66 | $25.90 | |
| # of students: | 6 | 1 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $10.00-19.00 | $20.00 |
ABKJ Inc., City of Renton, Concrete Cement Co., HNTB, Integrus Architecture, Jacobs Engineering, PacLand, Snohomish County Public Works, Sound Structural Solutions, Sound Transit, Stantec Consulting |
| Wage average: | $14.19 | $20.00 | |
| # of students: | 8 | 3 |
Computer Science & Engineering
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $14.00-$30.00 | $13.00-$46.16 | Adobe, IBM, amazon.com, AOL, Apple Computer, Avanade, Cisco Systems Inc., Excito Media, Federal Agency - AAPD Federal, Google, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Northpoint Data, NSA, Research in Motion, Siemens Medical Solutions, Tecplot, Teranode, Thermo Electron Corporation, WeyerhaeuserMarchex, ZymoGenetics |
| Wage average: | $20.23 | $36.91 | |
| # of students: | 35 | 19 |
| Undergrad | Graduate | Employers | |
| Wage range: | $9.62-$31.72 | $22.45-$43.86 | Bsquare Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Cypress Semiconductor, Honeywell, IBM, Intel Corporation, Intel Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Wisconsin, Microsoft Corporation, National Semiconductor, Orora Design Technologies, Inc. |
| Wage average: | $19.54 | $31.46 | |
| # of students: | 34 | 29 |
Human Centered Design & Engineering (formerly Technical Communication)
See also
The following general salary resources may help determine entry level engineering salaries. Note that these numbers are usually for full-time, permanent positions.
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