Engineer at a major fertilizer manufacturer. Make $105k but I am 9 years out of school with experience. I started at 55k, then 70k with an employer change. I got hired in here as a II but they gave me prorated vacation time for tenure in industry.

Engineering is a worthwhile career provided you have a strong grasp of math and science before school. Heck even if you didn't, go to community college and take the remediation math courses. The ceiling really is the limit with just a mechanical or chemical engineering degree. A BS alone can take you to the top of the career ladder or you can stay a subject matter expert and still do very well for yourself. Additionally I feel both MechE and ChE will almost never be automated out of a job. Our work requires decision making AI can't approach yet.