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Civil engineers: pay by state and city

What civil engineers — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$100,840
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
17-2051 Civil engineers
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$108,670
Jobs in the survey367,840
Most jobsCalifornia55,180 jobs · median $122,500

Pay where you want to work

Pick a state or search a metro area. The bar shows the spread from the lowest-paid 10% to the top 10% in that place.

United States

Civil engineers · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
17-2051 Civil engineers
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$68,240
25th percentile
$79,930
Median
$100,840
75th percentile
$129,680
Top 10% above
$163,220
Middle half of workersMedianMean $108,670Jobs 367,840

BLS publishes this occupation for 53 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 507 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. California55,180 jobs$122,500
  2. Texas34,870 jobs$96,860
  3. Florida23,750 jobs$98,570
  4. New York17,500 jobs$103,760
  5. Pennsylvania15,870 jobs$97,850

Highest-paying states

  1. California55,180 jobs$122,500
  2. Alaska1,670 jobs$114,730
  3. Washington12,590 jobs$110,000
  4. Massachusetts9,450 jobs$106,730
  5. Louisiana3,780 jobs$105,380

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA16,340 jobs$108,640
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ15,590 jobs$107,330
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX12,140 jobs$100,950
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,990 jobs$130,160
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9,760 jobs$100,160

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA3,170 jobs$130,280
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,990 jobs$130,160
  3. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA5,590 jobs$130,150
  4. Kennewick-Richland, WA630 jobs$121,370
  5. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA610 jobs$119,980
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Civil engineers —$100,840——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · civil engineers

  • Engineering services$100,620
  • State government$102,440
  • Local government$113,640
  • Nonresidential building construction$82,400
  • Federal government$117,790
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Civil Engineering