Engineer a top salary for yourself

Looking for a job that pays well? Get an engineering degree and wait for the bucks to start rolling in.

Research by US-based career and job website PayScale has found that engineers earn the highest salaries.

People with degrees in engineering, computer science and maths had the highest earnings - up to $168,000 (R2.7m) per year for those with 10 years' experience, or a starting salary of up to $101,000 (R1.7m) for highly qualified engineering graduates.

PayScale's top 10 bachelor's degrees, based on earning potential:

1. Petroleum engineering
2. Nuclear engineering
3. Actuarial mathematics
4. Chemical engineering
5. Electronic and communications engineering
6. Computer science and engineering
7. Electrical and computer engineering
8. Systems engineering
9. Aeronautical engineering
10. Mining engineering

Source: The Times