I just got an offer to become a project Engineering Manager with two direct reports. The offered salary is $85k and all my research shows this is absurdly low, but wanted some other opinions.

For context, I live in Midwest college town of 125k people and currently make $75k as a project engineer - product engineer hybrid.

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Personally I would connect with someone at the company in the same role or someone who use to work there and ask if that seems like a reasonable number. LinkedIn is a good place to start that kind of search. Glassdoor is somewhat a good resource for specific company insights.

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Can you provide more specifics on the industry, YOE, company size, etc. Not all titles are made equal

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This looks about right in my experience, have friends in the industry in NJ so probably slighly less in Midwest and then $5-10k less if no PE.


Example base salary ranges listed below (commensurate with expertise/ability/years with P.E. license), plus annual performance bonus and additional incentive pay for each hour worked excess of the 40-hour schedule.

P.E. licensure < 5 years: $90,000 to $110,000
P.E. licensure 5-10 years: $110,000 to $120,000

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Commonwealth Engineers, Inc.
511 E 4th St, Huntingburg, IN 47542

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Yea that is really really low. My friend is a project manager-tech lead (that is her title), has no direct reports, and makes 186k a year before her bonus. And that is in Georgia where the cost of living is not particularly high. I would definitely say you should be making WAY more than that.

Industry type, degree, location, years of experience in what, and benefits are all a factor. But in general that’s a low salary.

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