Educational instruction and library occupations · SOC 25-1032 · Virginia

Engineering teachers, postsecondary in Virginia

Engineering teachers, postsecondary in Virginia earned a median of $121,880 a year in May 2025, above the $109,270 national median for the occupation. Virginia employs 1,070 of them, 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the state. Most people entering the occupation nationally do so with a doctoral or professional degree.

Data snapshot: August 21, 2026.

Median annual pay in Virginia

$121,880

Above the $109,270 national median for this occupation

Middle half earn between

$85,580 – $158,540

The 25th to 75th percentile of everyone in the occupation in this state

Employed in Virginia

1,070

0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the state

Concentration vs national

1.00×

about as concentrated here as nationally

Pay rank

#11 of 48

Among the states and DC that released an estimate for this occupation

Typical entry education (U.S.)

Doctoral or professional degree

Federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates.

What engineering teachers, postsecondary actually earn in Virginia

The full published wage distribution (May 2025), not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile
$62,910
25th percentile
$85,580
Median
$121,880
75th percentile
$158,540
90th percentile
$224,190

How Virginia compares

  • Against the rest of the country. $121,880 in Virginia against $109,270 nationally for the same occupation, which puts Virginia 11th of the 48 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
  • Against other work in Virginia. $121,880 against $55,690, the median across every occupation in the state — 119% above it.
  • How much of this work is here. The occupation is about as concentrated here as nationally (1.00× the national share of employment), 26th of 48 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where engineering teachers, postsecondary are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation (May 2025). Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

Work experience needed

None

On-the-job training

None

Virginia licensing is not in these figures.

Many occupations, including most of health care, teaching, law, accountancy and the skilled trades, require a state licence, certification or registration before you can work. Virginia sets its own, and none of it is part of the federal dataset above, so CampusPin cannot tell you whether this occupation is licensed here. Check the Virginia licensing board before committing to a route, because where an occupation is licensed that requirement, not the typical credential, is the real gate.

What people study to get here, and where in Virginia

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

Mechanical Engineering: 43,535 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

7 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Graduates of 6 Virginia bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $91,646 four years after graduating; highest, George Mason University ($96,467) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Electrical Engineering: 26,070 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

9 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Graduates of 5 Virginia bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $103,074 four years after graduating; highest, Virginia Commonwealth University ($107,487) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Civil Engineering: 19,687 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

6 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Graduates of 5 Virginia bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $88,142 four years after graduating; highest, George Mason University ($93,856) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Biomedical Engineering: 14,504 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

5 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Engineering: 14,266 credentials conferred nationally, mostly associate degrees

25 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Computer Engineering: 13,887 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

10 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 3 Virginia bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $122,026 four years after graduating; highest, University of Virginia-Main Campus ($148,175) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Chemical Engineering: 10,466 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

4 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Graduates of 3 Virginia bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $105,724 four years after graduating; highest, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($106,011) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Aerospace Engineering: 10,170 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

3 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Industrial Engineering: 7,840 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

2 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Software Engineering: 6,583 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

2 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Systems Engineering: 4,489 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

4 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Materials Engineering: 3,220 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

2 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Environmental Engineering: 2,886 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

1 college in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Robotics Engineering: 2,090 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees
Construction Engineering: 1,591 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

1 college in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Agricultural Engineering: 1,096 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

1 college in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Nuclear Engineering: 963 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

1 college in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Petroleum Engineering: 739 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees
Materials Science: 589 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

1 college in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Marine Engineering: 412 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

2 colleges in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Mining Engineering: 262 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

1 college in Virginia reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Program figures are the median earnings of each program's graduates four years after completing (federal-aid recipients who worked and were not enrolled), not the pay of this occupation; the typical program is the median across the state's programs with at least 30 graduates measured.

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

Colleges in Virginia

Pay is one half of the decision. What it costs to get qualified is the other, and it is the half that varies most between two colleges in the same state.

Source & methodology

State wage and employment figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release. National median pay, projections and typical entry education are from the BLS Employment Projections programme (2024 wages). Both are public domain; credit BLS.

Wages are May 2025 estimates from the federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, which asks employers what they pay everyone currently working in the occupation — experienced and new alike. They are not starting salaries, not the earnings of recent graduates, and not adjusted for cost of living, which matters when comparing one state against another. Self-employed workers are not surveyed.

Suggested citation

CampusPin. (2026). Engineering teachers, postsecondary in Virginia, pay and employment. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/careers/engineering-teachers-postsecondary/in/virginia

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