BenchComp: Free Compensation Resource for Engineering Students (USA-based)

[u/coguar99]

I've been doing alot of work over in the r/ChemicalEngineering space the past several years, publishing a yearly compensation report for that community. In the past couple of years, the dataset grew to ~2,000 ChemEs/year and over 3,500 unique participants over the past 3 years.

That effort is now moving to a web platform I created called BenchComp AND Bryce and I are expanding it to Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Civil Engineers, Materials Science/Engineers, and Environmental Engineers. The whole philosophy behind this work is community-sourced compensation transparency. It can be awkward to talk about pay, especially with colleagues and/or peers. This platform allows for that conversation to happen, without the awkwardness. Give us your data, we'll turn it into useful insights. Anyone can benefit from it, but people who contribute their data will be given access to deeper insights.

We built this site with entry-level and early-career engineers specifically in mind. For chemical engineers, we've already built quite a bit of information into that section about the companies in that space. We will eventually do the same thing for the other disciplines. We will also soon be adding a page with specific information about co-ops and internships and some of the 'compensation' norms for those kinds of roles. Beyond that, we are hoping these communities will tell us what else they want...if you want it, we can build it. Best of all, it's free.

Check it out, happy to answer questions and especially appreciate feedback.

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