| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAE | Pacific Architects and Engineers, Inc. (subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation) |
| PAE | Payload Attached Equipment |
| PAE | Physical Aptitude Exam (for admission to US military service academies) |
| PAE | Plans, Analysis, and Evaluation (US government) |
| PAE | Preliminary Airworthiness Evaluation |
| PAE | Primary Authorized Employee (various organizations) |
| PAE | Procédure d'Avis Energétique (French: Energy Auditing Procedure; EU directive) |
| PAE | Product Assurance Engineer |
| PAE | Program Analysis and Evaluation |
| PAE | Programme d'Aménagement d'Ensemble (French: Comprehensive Development Program) |
| PAE | Public Affairs Event |