MEP Engineer salary
What a mep engineer actually earns, from 183 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see mep engineer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A mep engineer earns a blended US median near 107,790 dollars, with the typical middle running from 93,035 dollars to 130,359 dollars. The official OEWS median is 102,320 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 16 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 89,900 dollars to 111,737 dollars. Demand is rated moderate, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is mechanical engineer, at 28 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$93,035 – $130,359 · median $107,790
- United Kingdom$53,774 – $73,939 · median $60,496
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Californiamedian $126,370
- Texasmedian $108,240
- Indianamedian $99,200
- Floridamedian $97,190
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Quick answers
How much does a mep engineer make?
The blended US median is about 107,790 dollars, with a typical range from 93,035 dollars to 130,359 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 102,320 dollars.
Is mep engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a mep engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is mechanical engineer, at 28 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2141. Live corpus 183 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.