Idustral engineers determine the most effective way to use the basic factors of production like people, materials, machines, and engergy to make a product or provide a service. The salary for a engineer with a bachelors degree is $58,358 and the average salary for an industrial engineer is $73,820. There are over 214,800 industrial engineers and that number is supposed to grow by 14% a little faster than the average of 11%. For a mechanical engineer to get a license they must get a degree from an accredited engineering program, have four years of relevent work, and have taken a state exam. One Private society for Industrial engineering is the Institute og Ondustrial Engineers (IIE). The three top schools for Industrial engineering are the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, and Purdue University--West Lafayette.
