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
The broadest engineering field — designing anything that moves or involves force, heat, or energy: engines, machines, HVAC, robotics, and manufacturing systems.
The money
Entry-level
CA$62,400
Median
CA$94,994
Experienced
CA$150,779
Source: Job Bank Canada / StatsCan LFS, NOC 21301, 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? Physical design, prototyping, and manufacturing oversight require hands-on judgment AI can't replicate, though CAD/simulation tasks are increasingly 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
Demanding but more tangible than EE — you can picture forces and motion. Thermo and fluids trip up the most students.
~45 hrs/week typical workload
Hardest courses you'll take
Tap a course to generate a practice exam for it.
Where it fits
Germany
World leader in automotive + industrial machinery.
United States
Aerospace, defense, automotive, and manufacturing scale.
Japan
Robotics + precision manufacturing capital.
Canada
Manufacturing (Ontario), energy (Alberta), aerospace (Quebec).
Top hubs
Visa-friendly: Medium
Weaker markets: Regions that have offshored most manufacturing
The fine print
Burnout/dropout: Moderate attrition; thermo + fluids are the classic weed-out wall.
Common regret: Some wish they'd specialized (robotics, mechatronics) instead of staying fully general.
Sleeper upside: The breadth means you can pivot into almost any industry — aerospace, energy, medical devices, consumer products.
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