Unemployment Rate is Around 2% for Engineers

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Unemployment rate is around two percent for engineers.

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Unemployment Rate Is Around Two Percent For Engineers US News and World Report (3/23, Gearon) reports, "At its worst in September 2009, the unemployment rate for engineers reached 6.4 percent, versus nearly 10 percent for all occupations." By mid-2011, it had fallen to under two percent. Industry "watchers see demand across the board, especially in electrical, biomedical, aerospace, computer, automotive, environmental, mechanical, and petroleum engineering."

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aerospace engineering, college of engineering
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  • Created By: Britanny Grace
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  • Created On: Jun 23, 2015 - 11:26am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:18pm