High paying engineering and architecture jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Every engineering and architecture occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single engineering and architecture job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH salary is worth about 1.13× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH · Employed

1Electrical Engineers$107,120
Bachelor's degree
$67,540 – $133,470110
2Industrial Engineers$99,550
Bachelor's degree
$67,630 – $157,960220
3Mechanical Engineers$95,850
Bachelor's degree
$61,150 – $131,610160
4Engineers, All Other$95,140
Bachelor's degree
$37,840 – $144,60080
5Civil Engineers$94,520
Bachelor's degree
$55,690 – $132,250290
6Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$83,780
Associate's degree
$62,690 – $109,30060
7Surveyors$64,010
Bachelor's degree
$42,810 – $102,20070
8Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$58,610
Associate's degree
$37,170 – $73,15090
9Architectural and Civil Drafters$58,180
Associate's degree
$37,990 – $93,79050
10Surveying and Mapping Technicians$45,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $77,98060

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianHuntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical EngineersBachelor's degree	$107,120	$67,540 – $133,470	110
2	Industrial EngineersBachelor's degree	$99,550	$67,630 – $157,960	220
3	Mechanical EngineersBachelor's degree	$95,850	$61,150 – $131,610	160
4	Engineers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$95,140	$37,840 – $144,600	80
5	Civil EngineersBachelor's degree	$94,520	$55,690 – $132,250	290
6	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All OtherAssociate's degree	$83,780	$62,690 – $109,300	60
7	SurveyorsBachelor's degree	$64,010	$42,810 – $102,200	70
8	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$58,610	$37,170 – $73,150	90
9	Architectural and Civil DraftersAssociate's degree	$58,180	$37,990 – $93,790	50
10	Surveying and Mapping TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,720	$36,050 – $77,980	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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