• Question: Are your jobs paid well?

    Asked by estroher03 to Charlie, Danielle, Henry, Nicola, Zoe on 17 Jun 2014.
    • Photo: Charlie Atwell

      Charlie Atwell answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Yes, chemical engineers are currently the second highest earning careers after dentistry. Typical graduate starting salaries are around the £30,000 mark, rising to around the £50,000 mark once you are experienced and chartered. If you work hard you can get onto much higher salaries than this as you progress.

    • Photo: Zoe George

      Zoe George answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      I agree with Charlie and those numbers are the ones that were recently published in the daily telegraph newspaper, chemical engineering was the second highest paying job.

      Engineers are paid a lot higher than the average job so it is an extra bonus 🙂

    • Photo: Danielle Epstein

      Danielle Epstein answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      As a graduate chemical engineer I can confirm I am being paid a lot higher than my friends who don’t have engineering degrees.

      There is a shortage of engineers in the UK and that is why companies will pay you highly for your skills, to attract you to work for them.

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