Part 4

What is the job outlook for your career?

Approximately how many jobs are currently available in this field? Or, approximately how many people are currently employed in this career?

There are approximately 258,100 people currently employed in this career.

How is the job outlook for this career going to change between 2010 and 2020?

The job outlook is that it will probably go up about 5%. This is faster than the average growth in engineering. This means there will probably be about 11,600 more people employed in mechanical engineering in 2020.

WHY (what factors) are making this career outlook positive? Or, WHY (what factors) are making this career outlook negative?

The demand for mechanical engineers is needed because of all of the technology growth. Mechanical engineers are needed to design industrial machinery.