To convert time to just minutes: 1  2 hours is 2 hours * (60 minutes / 1 hour) = 2 * 60 minutes = 120 minutes. 2  45 minutes is 45 minutes * (1 minute / 1 minute) = 45 * 1 minutes = 45 minutes. 3  45 seconds is 45 seconds * (1 minute / 60 seconds) = 45/60 minutes = 0.75 minutes.
The average mechanical engineer in the United States earned $38.74 per hour, which comes to $80,580 per year as of 2009. The BLS reported earnings of $49,730 for lowest-earning tenth percentile and $117,550 at the top or 90 percentile level, a difference of over $67,000 per year.*.
Salaries for engineers depend on what type of engineer they are, what kind of company they work for, how many years of experience they have. Many engineers with bachelors degrees start out making over $50,000 a year. Some engineers just starting out earn more than $70,000 a year!