5 Fastest-Growing Engineering Fields

2. Mining Engineering

Nearly every raw material that is used in electronic or any other device has its origin in minerals and metals obtained from deep mines. The job of a mining engineer involves exploration of new mines, mineral processing, study of geology, geotechnical and metallurgical engineering. Mining engineer’s salary ranges from $75,000 and it can go all the way up to $120,000. Demand for lithium, copper, nickel, and various other metals required in electronics and batteries will continue growing which indicates that this industry will keep on booming.