How much does an Electrical Engineer make?

Do you know what you do and how much one earns electrical engineer? If you are curious to learn more about this area of ​​engineering, then you are in the right place, as the Escola Educação website brings you precious information about this interesting career.

You should already know that the Engineering career is among the most coveted among students, attracted by the good salaries offered to professionals in the field. Engineering courses are attractive because they can pay up to BRL 4,060 per month for a professional at the beginning of his career, who only works 6 hours a day. If you choose the area, you need to define which of the available strands you will follow, because there are several courses within the Engineering career: Civil, Mechanical, Production, Environmental, Chemical, Oil and Gas and Electrical Engineering, the subject of our article.

Electrical Engineering is a rising career in Brazil. An electrical engineer is dedicated to the planning, construction and maintenance of systems to generate, transmit and distribute electrical energy. Among the companies that hire this professional are power plants, substations, transmission lines, telecommunications, construction companies, industries that use or manufacture electrical and automation systems etc. In addition to these, sectors such as finance and information technology also hire professionals in the area, since they are very comfortable with the exact sciences.

To work with electrical systems, you need to graduate in Electrical Engineering, a five-year course that train professionals capable of working in the construction and maintenance of energy transmission and distribution systems electric. If you are interested, it is important that you know that 60% of the course subjects are based on calculations and complex formulas, therefore, it is necessary to like the area of ​​Exact Sciences a lot, otherwise it is better to choose another one career.

See some of the main universities recognized by the MEC that offer the Electrical Engineering course:

Private:

• Anhanguera Educational Center (Anhanguera)
• Cruzeiro do Sul University (UNICSUL)
• Estacio de Sa University (UNESA)
• University of North Paraná (UNOPAR)
• University of Uberaba (UNIUBE)

Public:

• Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
• University of Brasilia (UnB)
• Federal University of Goiás (UFG)
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
• Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)
• Federal University of Pará (UFPA)

To guarantee better wages, it is also worth investing in specialization courses in Electrical Engineering, including doctorates, masters and Specialization courses in Industrial Automation, Electric Energy Systems – Energy Quality and Electrical Systems Engineering of Potency. Graduate professionals are more likely to compete for jobs in large companies, which will certainly increase their remuneration. Check now the salaries (according to the category floor) offered for Electrical Engineering professionals:

• 6 hours a day: 6 minimum wages
• 7 hours a day: 7.25 minimum wages
• 8 hours a day: 8 minimum wages

Some companies pay more than the floor set by the category. Below are some national salary averages:

• Trainee in Electrical Engineering: BRL 3,688.61
• Engineering Analyst: 3,270.74
• Engineering Coordinator: BRL 8,160.53

The data below take into account the professional's length of experience and the size of the company where he works. Check the salary averages of an engineer who works in the Oil and Gas, Engineering and Information Technology (IT) sectors:

Engineering:

• Production Manager: BRL 9,000.00 to BRL 22,000.00
• Supply Chain Director: BRL 24,000.00 to BRL 40,000.00
• Director of Operations/Industrial: BRL 25,000.00 to BRL 40,000.00

Oil and gas:

• Service Engineer: BRL 11,000.00 to 15,000.00
• Operations Manager: BRL 26,000.00 to BRL 32,000.00
• Engineering Manager: BRL 22,500.00 to BRL 27,000.00

YOU:

• IT Director/CIO: BRL 26,500.00 to BRL 40,000
• Infrastructure/Telecom Manager: BRL 17,000.00 to BRL 26,000.00
• Services/Operations Manager: BRL 15,500.00 BRL 23,000.00

Interested? The area of ​​Electrical Engineering is in full growth, and usually absorbs all available professionals in the market, which greatly reduces the unemployment rate among those who opted for this promising career. Good luck!

We use the website Career Guide as a source to collect salary and average salary data for the Electrical Engineer profession.