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- The median salary for an entry-level controls engineer as of March 2011 is $61,994 per year, according to Salary.com. A senior controls engineer, or controls engineer III, with several years of experience, has a median annual salary about 34 percent higher, at $93,339. The middle 50 percent of senior controls engineers earn $82,941 to $106,526 per year. The top 10 percent have salaries above $118,500, and only the bottom 10 percent earn $73,475 and less.
- Salaries for senior controls engineers vary with geography. These types of engineers in Victoria, Texas, for instance, have a median annual pay rate of $79,126, while in Boston, Massachusetts, senior controls engineers earn a median salary of $105,120 per year. Senior controls engineers in Provo, Utah, have a median annual salary of $86,824; in Omaha, Nebraska, $87,866; in Orlando, Florida, $88,954; in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, $95,222; in Santa Rosa, California, $102,010; and in Anchorage, Alaska, $106,359.
- Indeed.com lists numerous openings for senior controls engineers throughout the country in 2011. Some available positions are with well-known organizations such as Amazon Corporate, Benjamin Moore, Eaton Corporation, First Solar, General Electric, Heartland Robotics, the Manitowoc Company, Starbucks, and Whirlpool. Posted salaries range from $64,000 to $90,000 per year. Examples of benefits provided by some companies include medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance coverage, along with a 401(k) savings plan, and paid vacations and holidays.
- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not provide salary data specifically for controls engineers, but remarks that the occupation of electrical engineering in general is likely to experience slow employment growth until at least 2018. International competition is limiting job growth in this field.
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