Project Engineer
Michael Page
Akron, OH · $100k–$120k a year · Posted October 30, 2026
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Where Akron, OH ranks
Where Akron, OH placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #8Best college towns for junior jobs in the Great Lakes40% · of 39
- #9Best cities for junior jobs in the Great Lakes39% · of 53
- #10Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Great Lakes1.3% · of 50
- #11Best college towns for entry-level and junior jobs40% · of 100
- #11Best college towns for junior jobs in the Midwest40% · of 51
- #12Best cities for junior jobs in the Midwest39% · of 69
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $110,000 a year. Across 325 open project engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $86,500 to $115,000 and the median is $103,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 6% above the median.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among engineers, all other is little observed so far. Measured exposure for engineers, all other: 7% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
Our client is looking for a Project Engineer with experience supporting plastics manufacturing operations through process improvement, design, equipment implementation, and cross-functional project ma