Annual compensation inclusive of all bonuses for a rookie investment banker with a top tier bank in singapore could possibly be six figure. An engineer can never be paid so much unless you start your own company.

It is pointless to compare the average with those from the cream of the crop simply because most of us are just not in that league. Have you heard of any engineers that get paid more than a million dollar a year? More likely you have heard of top lawyers, bankers, surgeons or politician getting that kind of compensation.