2. Michigan
IM Score: 128
Annual median wage: $86,550
Job growth: 18.1%
Cost of living index: 88.2
Michigan, the next in line on our list of best states for mechanical engineers may have 5.1% unemployment rate, but the mechanical engineers here have nothing to worry about. As said in the intro, the state employs the highest number of mechanical engineers, 40,060 to be exact. That number will increase to 47,310 with close to 2,000 average annual job openings in the future.
