Engineering Jobs in New York, NY

Direct local government wage data paints a solid but not uniform picture: in annual 2025 BLS data, the metro median was $102,050 for architecture and engineering occupations and $91,370 for life, physical, and social science occupations, with 75th-percentile pay at $134,370 and $128,670 respectively. BLS also reported a $54.27 mean hourly wage for architecture and engineering occupations in the metro, versus $51.36 nationally. Proxy offer data is higher: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered salary on new New York engineering and scientific openings at ~$114,794 in September 2026 (n=1,225), while the local disclosed-posting sample centers on about $136k to $198k.

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Advertised pay

Across the 300 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $95,000 at the 25th percentile, $121,458 at the median and $152,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Engineering & Scientific in the NYC metro is a real market, but not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 4.7% in August 2026, down from 5.3% a year earlier, while total nonfarm employment was up 0.5029% year-over-year and Professional and Business Services was up 0.5641%. As a state proxy for the metro, New York engineering and scientific employment was up 3.5% year-over-year and active postings were up 15.8% year-over-year in September 2026; locally, we observed more than 2,500 postings across more than 1,100 companies over the last 90 days. The catch is access: about 65% of openings are senior or lead roles, about 60% are on-site, and about 5% are remote.

Best positioned: You have the best odds if you already have delivered project work in consulting, infrastructure, architecture/BIM, or research systems and can match local screens such as Python, AutoCAD, Revit, AWS, or Kubernetes.

Main caution: High salary screenshots are not the same as broad access: only about 10% of local openings are entry-level and only about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 364 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. WSP Global Inc.: 16 open roles
2. Jacobs Engineering Group: 14 open roles
3. Booz Allen: 12 open roles
4. New York Power Authority: 11 open roles
5. City of New York: 9 open roles
6. Trenchant: 9 open roles
7. Dynamic Engineering Consultants, PC: 7 open roles
8. NYU Langone: 6 open roles
9. DeepMind Technologies Limited: 5 open roles
10. Meta Inc.: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 170
• Wharton: 14
• White Plains: 14
• Clifton: 12
• Newark: 9
• Brooklyn: 8
• Wayne: 7
• Morristown: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 269 (76%), hybrid 77 (22%), remote 6 (2%)

Where the demand is

Opportunities are clustered in a few demand pools rather than spread evenly across every engineering and scientific discipline. In the metro, Professional and Business Services employed 1,622.3 thousand people in August 2026 and grew 0.5641% year-over-year, while manufacturing employed 322 thousand and fell 1.3178%. In the local engineering-and-scientific posting mix, software development and IT services/consulting together account for about 40% of openings, architecture and planning about 15%, business consulting about 10%, and financial services about 10%. That means many openings sit inside consulting firms, platform teams, design firms, and finance-adjacent technical groups rather than in old-line industrial production. A second pocket of demand sits around infrastructure, building systems, and energy-adjacent projects. Recent regional signals include active programs such as the Hudson Tunnel Project, Newark AirTrain replacement, Newark Bay Bridge replacement, and JFK redevelopment; a tunnel-boring machine has already started work on the new Hudson River rail tunnel. New York City also awarded a curbside EV charging network that is planned to add more than 600 chargers, and the Brooklyn Museum is moving ahead with a $48 million retrofit involving HVAC, hot-water, controls, and solar work. The market is broad across employers, not dominated by one buyer, which helps if you search by subdomain instead of brand. But it is still senior-heavy and mostly on-site, so generalist candidates without a project story can feel more competition than the headline volume suggests.

• Consulting and platform-heavy technical roles (high): The biggest local volume sits in software development, IT services/consulting, business consulting, and finance-adjacent technical teams, with Python, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD showing up as recurring screens.
• Architecture, BIM, and building systems (high): Architecture and planning represent about 15% of local postings, with AutoCAD and Revit appearing repeatedly and recent local retrofit work reinforcing demand for building-systems capabilities.
• Transportation, civil, and energy infrastructure (moderate): Regional transportation and energy-adjacent programs, including the Hudson tunnel work and the EV charging rollout, create a practical lane for civil, mechanical, controls, and project-delivery candidates.

Where to focus: Pick one lane—consulting/platform, BIM/building systems, or transportation/energy infrastructure—and tailor every resume, portfolio item, and outreach message to that lane instead of applying as a generic engineer.

Roles worth searching next

• Technical Program Manager: Project management is requested in local postings, and much of the market sits in consulting, IT services, architecture, and delivery-heavy environments.
• BIM Coordinator or Design Technology Specialist: Local postings repeatedly call for AutoCAD and Revit, while 2026 architecture and civil guidance emphasizes BIM and computational design workflows.
• Project Controls Analyst or Construction Scheduler: Regional transportation and building programs are active, including tunnel, rail, bridge, airport, retrofit, and EV charging work.
• Sustainability or Energy Program Analyst: Green-building know-how is a sought-after civil skill, and local signals include building retrofits plus EV and solar-adjacent work.
• Research Operations or Lab Systems Specialist: Scientific workflows increasingly use literature AI, ELN, and LIMS platforms, creating hybrid roles between bench work, systems, and operations.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): Python is the most common hard skill in local postings at about 20%, and broader employer demand is shifting from basic AI familiarity toward building tools and automating workflows. Who: Systems engineers, research scientists, lab automation candidates, and engineers who do analysis or simulation.
• AutoCAD (table_stakes | immediate): AutoCAD appears in about 15% of local postings, making it a core screen-in tool for design, drafting, facilities, and project-delivery roles. Who: Civil, mechanical, architectural, MEP, facilities, and field-delivery candidates.
• Revit and BIM (differentiator | immediate): Revit shows up in about 10% of local postings, and 2026 civil and architecture guidance puts BIM at the center of coordination, documentation, and delivery work. Who: Architects, civil engineers, MEP engineers, and anyone targeting building systems or design coordination.
• Project management (differentiator | immediate): Project management appears in about 10% of local postings, which fits a market where many roles sit inside consulting, architecture, and infrastructure delivery environments. Who: Mid-career engineers, scientists moving into delivery ownership, and switchers from operations or construction.
• AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD (premium | near-term): AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD each appear in about 10% of local postings, signaling a real local seam between classic engineering roles and cloud, platform, and systems work. Who: Systems engineers, technical consultants, platform-adjacent engineers, and research-tool builders.
• GIS, drone surveying, digital twin, and IoT awareness (differentiator | near-term): For civil and infrastructure tracks, 2026 skills guidance highlights drone surveying and GIS, plus digital twin and IoT awareness, as sought-after add-ons to core engineering knowledge. Who: Civil, transportation, environmental, and infrastructure candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Engineering & Scientific roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Direct local government wage data paints a solid but not uniform picture: in annual 2025 BLS data, the metro median was $102,050 for architecture and engineering occupations and $91,370 for life, physical, and social science occupations, with 75th-percentile pay at $134,370 and $128,670 respectively. BLS also reported a $54.27 mean hourly wage for architecture and engineering occupations in the metro, versus $51.36 nationally. Proxy offer data is higher: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered salary on new New York engineering and scientific openings at ~$114,794 in September 2026 (n=1,225), while the local disclosed-posting sample centers on about $136k to $198k. Local pay runs above national benchmarks: New York-Newark-Jersey City averaged $112,870 for architecture and engineering occupations versus $106,830 nationally, and $103,600 for science occupations versus $94,600 nationally. That premium matters, but it is competing against a metro home-price index that was up +5.6% year-over-year in July 2026.

Where is demand for Engineering & Scientific roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

Opportunities are clustered in a few demand pools rather than spread evenly across every engineering and scientific discipline. In the metro, Professional and Business Services employed 1,622.3 thousand people in August 2026 and grew 0.5641% year-over-year, while manufacturing employed 322 thousand and fell 1.3178%. In the local engineering-and-scientific posting mix, software development and IT services/consulting together account for about 40% of openings, architecture and planning about 15%, business consulting about 10%, and financial services about 10%. That means many openings sit inside consulting firms, platform teams, design firms, and finance-adjacent technical groups rather than in old-line industrial production. A second pocket of demand sits around infrastructure, building systems, and energy-adjacent projects. Recent regional signals include active programs such as the Hudson Tunnel Project, Newark AirTrain replacement, Newark Bay Bridge replacement, and JFK redevelopment; a tunnel-boring machine has already started work on the new Hudson River rail tunnel. New York City also awarded a curbside EV charging network that is planned to add more than 600 chargers, and the Brooklyn Museum is moving ahead with a $48 million retrofit involving HVAC, hot-water, controls, and solar work. The market is broad across employers, not dominated by one buyer, which helps if you search by subdomain instead of brand. But it is still senior-heavy and mostly on-site, so generalist candidates without a project story can feel more competition than the headline volume suggests.

Which employers are hiring the most Engineering & Scientific talent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Recent postings show the most activity from Deloitte (75 postings), Archinect (75 postings), Amazon (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Engineering & Scientific roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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