In Guanajuato, mechanical engineering and metallurgy specialists receive the best salaries with an average of $16,840 pesos ($935 USD) per month.
According to data from the Labor Observatory (observatorio laboral), the professionals in Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy have an average monthly income of $16,840 pesos ($935 USD) in the state of Guanajuato. At the national level, the average income is around $13,657 pesos ($758.72 USD).
Therefore, they are catalogued as the best paid professionals statewide.
These job occupations, are mostly related to mechanical engineering and metallurgy careers such as mechanical engineer and mechanical design engineer, professionals who usually design and develop manufacturing projects involving engines, equipment, industrial machines and construction machinery”, underlined the website of the Labor Observatory.
(Image: Unión Guanajuato)
Not many women are interested in this career, since only 5.7% of the employed professionals who decide to dedicate to this profession are female, according to the Labor Observatory.
The institutions of higher education that offer academic programs related to this career are:
- University of Guanajuato: Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Metallurgical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and Mechatronics Engineer.
- Instituto Tecnológico de León: Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering.
- ITESM Campus Irapuato: Industrial and Systems Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering.
- ITESM Campus León: Engineering in Mechatronics, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Bachelor in Industrial Design.
- Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya: Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering.
THE DATA
The average monthly general income in Guanajuato for professionals is $11,611 pesos; at the national level, the average monthly salary of higher education graduates is $11,282 pesos. Guanajuato is one of the ten states in which professionals have a better average salary.
Source: http://www.unionguanajuato.mx/
