Atlanta best city in country for engineering jobs

Mechanical engineer graduate student John Peterson takes a break. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Are you an engineer? Live in metro Atlanta? You may want to stay put.

According to SpareFoot, Atlanta is the best city for engineering jobs. The company evaluated data across cities based on job availability, median salary, median home price and median annual rent.

With relatively high salaries and sensible home prices, Atlanta is at the top of the list:

Average annual salary: $113,000
Median home price: $170,400
Salary as a percentage of home price: 66 percent
Median annual rent: $11,484
Rent as a percentage of income: 10 percent
Major employers: Delta Air Lines, AT&T, Cox Enterprises, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Turner Broadcasting Systems, EarthLink, BlueLinx, Coca-Cola, Georgia Tech Research Institute, General Electric

10 best cities for engineering jobs

10. San Diego

9. Washington, D.C.

8. Austin, Texas

7. San Jose, Calif.

6. Dallas

5. San Francisco

4. New York

3. Chicago

2. Houston

1. Atlanta

Click here to find out more about the analysis.

Opinion: Why do we name our cars?

Have you named your car? Many of us do. Perhaps more than half of all Americans have named at least one of their rides, one survey found.

‘Big, beautiful bill’ passage dims outlook for Georgia’s clean energy sectors

Georgia has been one of the top states for solar and electric vehicle manufacturing investment. Some warn that's at risk after passage of the "one big, beautiful bill."

Amid UPS struggles, shipper makes first-ever plans to offer buyouts to drivers

UPS said in a written statement it is navigating “an unprecedented business landscape.”

The Latest

Credit: Special

Opinion: Why do we name our cars?

Home Depot makes $5.5B acquisition to increase business with pro contractors

Atlanta’s TNT Sports will no longer produce NBA TV programming

Featured

Credit: TNS

Amid UPS struggles, shipper makes first-ever plans to offer buyouts to drivers

UPS said in a written statement it is navigating “an unprecedented business landscape.”

Kneeling man impaled by giant straw? Towering mural leaves public mystified.

A towering mural on the side of the Connally Hotel has mystified Atlanta since 2011. Who is the kneeling man, and what's piercing him? Is it a beam of light? A drinking straw?

OPINION

I just graduated college. Will I be able to buy a house like my parents did?

A recent college grad asks: Am I going to be able to buy a home like my parents did less than 30 years ago?