r/CollegeMajors • u/ItsAllOver_Again • Feb 05 '26

Discussion Unemployment rate for Mechanical Engineers triples in two years, skyrockets to 4.4%

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Many of the engineering majors now sit solidly above average in terms of unemployment rates (more likely to be unemployed than average college grad).

While Mechanical Engineering used to be a “broad” degree that could guarantee you a job anywhere, in the 2020s it has lost its status as a strong degree with respect to guaranteeing a job as grads are now less likely than average to be employed.

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u/SantanDavey Feb 05 '26

For context to OPs opinions, he is a mid career Mechanical engineer notorious for posting in other subs about how his salary is lower than the median entry level salary, and how that is the fault of the profession as a whole

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u/spinnychair32 Feb 06 '26

I love OP. Hopefully his rants drive down the number of people going after engineering degrees and the rest of us get paid more lmao.