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Nuclear Engineers
Conduct research on nuclear engineering projects or apply principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and use of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal.
What a nuclear engineer does
Become a nuclear engineer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good nuclear engineer
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $82 per hour with a typical salary of $165,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $64 and $97 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $71,100 and $177,600 per year.
- 64% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $109 per hour with a typical salary of $85,400 per year.
- 18.3% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Nuclear Engineer job outlook
- There are 976 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 111 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 10% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.