Building your major report…
Crunching salaries, job data, and the honest take.
Building your major report…
Crunching salaries, job data, and the honest take.
MyMajor Report
Designing aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles — the engineering of flight, propulsion, and everything that leaves the ground.
The money
Entry-level
CA$70,221
Median
CA$104,000
Experienced
CA$208,000
Source: Job Bank Canada / StatsCan LFS, NOC 21390 (Aerospace engineers), ref. 2023–24 (updated 2025-11-19) · Annualized from Job Bank hourly wage × 2080 (full-time equivalent). · verified 2026-05-31
The market
AI-proof? Flight hardware must be physically designed, tested, and certified under intense safety scrutiny — hard for AI to replace, though simulation is AI-assisted.
The honest take
Day to day
Roles you can work
Hands-on vs. heads-down
Work setting
mixed
Remote-friendly
Low
What you'll learn
Core skills
Transferable to other careers
Your options
Pairs well with
Pivot into
Grad-school paths
The grind
One of the hardest majors — heavy fluids, thermo, and dynamics layered with tight safety margins and complex systems.
~50 hrs/week typical workload
Hardest courses you'll take
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Where it fits
United States
NASA, SpaceX, Boeing, and the world's biggest aerospace + defense sector.
France
Airbus and the European space industry (Toulouse).
Canada
Strong aerospace cluster in Montreal (Bombardier, CAE, Pratt & Whitney).
United Kingdom
Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, and a deep aerospace base.
Top hubs
Visa-friendly: Medium
Weaker markets: Regions with no aerospace or defense industry
The fine print
Burnout/dropout: High attrition — the fluids/dynamics sequence is a notorious wall.
Common regret: Some wish they'd done Mechanical for flexibility, then specialized in aero on the job.
Sleeper upside: The systems + simulation skillset transfers cleanly into robotics, automotive, and high-end engineering roles.
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