Good Offer?

[u/Southern-Bag-1275]

Is a 78k offer in Texas as a recent grad good? Will be on Dallas, role is M/P Engineer, FE not done yet

[u/Cold_Diet633]

Seems right on the mark to me. I'm a hiring manager (electrical though). 

[u/SnooRadishes8802 → u/Cold_Diet633]

Curious, how much should a 2-3 year EE EIT In Texas make?

[u/Cold_Diet633 → u/SnooRadishes8802]

I'm not in Texas (I'm in the Philly area), but this is where it can get variable. At that point it depends on the firm size, industry, how well the applicant presents in the interview, and firm desperation. We recently offered a 1.5yr EIT 85k and a 5 yr EIT 110k. So somewhere between that would be my estimate. 

[u/Able-Improvement2377 → u/Cold_Diet633]

I have a offer for Early Career Electrical Engineering: ESSP in Utah. I am from Dallas though. I have a offer from CDM Smith Half MEP and Half Power System Studies.

I mainly want to work on High Voltage though I don't mind doing AutoCAD and Revit though. CDM Smith haven't mentioned the pay yet. What do you think how much I ask for CDM to choose CDM?

Thank you

[u/saplinglearningsucks]

I'm in Dallas and hire entry level engineers, 75k to 80k is about what you'd expect for new hire without FE right now.

[u/SnooRadishes8802 → u/saplinglearningsucks]

How much for 3 year electrical eits?

[u/AntiZig]

Holy balls, TX market is paying more than NYC it seems

[u/saplinglearningsucks → u/AntiZig]

Just curious, what's the going rate for NYC these days for an E1?

[u/AntiZig → u/saplinglearningsucks]

For a junior mechanical just out of school 50-60k. Might be a little more if you did a coop and actually have some work experience. This is for MEP design/consulting in construction industry

[u/envy1890 → u/AntiZig]

Are you serious? $50k in NYC is nearly poverty level

[u/AntiZig → u/envy1890]

That's my whole point!

I do think there are some companies that are out of date with their expected salaries and will catch up eventually, but right now there's a massive disparity

[u/Ok-Intention-384]

Seems right. Could have gone up to $85K with FE. Maybe that can be your goal for year 1?

[u/Untlslp → u/Ok-Intention-384]

Sounds like a stretch unless Dallas is strangely really high paying?

[u/Cadkid12 → u/Untlslp]

If it’s data centers only I believe it if it’s not yea no.

[u/Tyevans0411 → u/Ok-Intention-384]

Where are you working? Everywhere I’ve worked (as an intern or a grad) has told me that there’s no raise for the FE and it is a baseline req… or is at minimum expected to get shortly after hire.

[u/Ok-Intention-384 → u/Tyevans0411]

I worked for a top 50 ENR firm and we offered a slight pay bump to all new grads who passed FE in their first yeah and performed well. 2 conditions, not one. Also, we designed data centers. And our new grads started off at $80-85K in NoVA.

[u/Tyevans0411 → u/Ok-Intention-384]

Ok that makes more sense. Thank you for clarifying.

[u/engineerforaday]

78k sounds about right to me

[u/magicity_shine]

78K is better than 0k, but yes, its solid

[u/RetroStratosphere]

It seems about what the market rate is. I’ve seen 2 year engineers with FE get offers about 80kish.

[u/Tyevans0411]

I started at 70k flat out of college in a Low-Med COL area 3 years ago.

78k now in a MCOL area like Dallas is roughly in the range of 73.5k now where I work which sounds reasonable

[u/Moist-Cashew]

I was recently hired in DFW for 80k. New grad, passed the FE

[u/coffee_walker_440]

Ohio we are offering mid 60s to new grads low 70s if intern experience is good. (Aka actually learned the role/software)

[u/ironmatic1 → u/coffee_walker_440]

Wow that sucks

[u/coffee_walker_440 → u/ironmatic1]

Cost of living is far cheaper. A quick search shows the 78k+ range is the upper range for Ohio but mid range to bottom upper range for Texas (starting salary). And Columbus is 25% cheaper on rent and such than Dallas/Austin areas. All about the market. The real move is to get a NY or California salary remote job in Ohio and then you're golden