Popular Colors for SUV/Minivans/Light Trucks. SUVs, Minivans and Light Trucks, which make up 50.9% of the new vehicle market, are unique from all other categories in that white is the preferred color for these vehicles. This has been the case for more than 10 years.
All government workers, including aerospace engineers for the Air Force, use the same General Schedule pay tables. This divides salaries into grades, based on education, experience and position. It further subdivides grades into steps, which are intermediate earnings between grades. Aerospace engineers start at GS-7. According to the Office of Personnel Management, the base salary for that grade begins at $33,979 per year for step 1 but can increase to a maximum of $44,176 at step 10. At GS-10, step 1, salaries start at $45,771, and at GS-15, the highest grade, they start at $99,628. The maximum step 10 salary for this grade is $129,517 per year. Recognizing that costs of living vary by area, the government also uses locality tables to vary the salary of aerospace engineers in the Air Force.
Employment of aerospace engineers is expected to grow more slowly than the average (increase 0 to 9 percent) for all occupations through 2008. The decline in Defense Department expenditures for military aircraft, missiles, and other aerospace systems has caused mergers and acquisitions among defense contractors.ccording to a 1999 salary survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, bachelors degree candidates in aerospace engineering received starting offers averaging about $40,700 a year; masters degree candidates, $54,200; and Ph.D. candidates, $64,400.