Top 5 Countries with the Highest Number of Engineers

2. United States

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were approximately 2 million engineers in the U.S. workforce in 2018. The median annual salary of engineers in the US is $94,600 for engineers, $55,920 for engineering technicians, and $90,270 for computational professionals in 2018. Gender and racial diversity remain low, though the computing sector shows the highest percentage of women (24%). The engineering technology field exhibits the highest representation of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (21%). The demand for skilled engineering professionals is high, with transferable skills to other science and tech sectors. 

According to UNESCO statistics, the United States has an annual number of 237,826 engineering/manufacturing/construction graduates.