Originally Posted by PATH0001

I'll ignore your tone and answer the questions.

I studied mechanical engineering for both degrees. I have colleagues who are electrical, instrumentation and mechanical engineers in the same industry with similar years of experience who are paid 7-8k. I have looked at salary surveys by various manpower firms that suggest a project engineer of my experience is getting 6-10k. And 9 years is not "some years of experience"; it's substantial.