• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

17-2051 Civil Engineers

Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems. Includes architectural, structural, traffic, and geotechnical engineers. Excludes “Hydrologists” (19-2043).

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National estimates for Civil Engineers
Industry profile for Civil Engineers
Geographic profile for Civil Engineers

National estimates for Civil Engineers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Civil Engineers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
304,310	1.3 %	$ 45.91	$ 95,490	0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for Civil Engineers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 29.11	$ 35.70	$ 42.33	$ 56.38	$ 64.10
Annual Wage (2)	$ 60,550	$ 74,250	$ 88,050	$ 117,270	$ 133,320

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Industry profile for Civil Engineers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Civil Engineers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Civil Engineers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Civil Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	161,310	10.67	$ 46.85	$ 97,450
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	34,570	1.57	$ 43.07	$ 89,580
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	32,640	0.61	$ 47.92	$ 99,680
Nonresidential Building Construction	19,370	2.49	$ 38.00	$ 79,030
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	9,890	0.47	$ 47.62	$ 99,050

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Civil Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	161,310	10.67	$ 46.85	$ 97,450
Nonresidential Building Construction	19,370	2.49	$ 38.00	$ 79,030
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	34,570	1.57	$ 43.07	$ 89,580
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	420	1.38	$ 44.84	$ 93,270
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	4,820	1.36	$ 41.95	$ 87,260

Top paying industries for Civil Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oil and Gas Extraction	430	0.40	$ 83.92	$ 174,550
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	780	0.17	$ 62.22	$ 129,420
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	280	0.04	$ 60.62	$ 126,090
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	60	0.05	$ 59.96	$ 124,710
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	(8)	(8)	$ 56.84	$ 118,220

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Geographic profile for Civil Engineers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Civil Engineers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Civil Engineers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Civil Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	46,300	2.80	1.30	$ 52.83	$ 109,890
Texas	27,840	2.28	1.05	$ 45.42	$ 94,470
Florida	15,900	1.85	0.86	$ 45.22	$ 94,050
New York	14,890	1.72	0.80	$ 48.01	$ 99,860
Illinois	12,600	2.24	1.04	$ 46.00	$ 95,670

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Civil Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	1,580	5.33	2.47	$ 51.17	$ 106,440
Colorado	11,010	4.20	1.94	$ 48.46	$ 100,800
Washington	11,610	3.62	1.68	$ 46.80	$ 97,340
Hawaii	1,960	3.58	1.66	$ 41.00	$ 85,280
Montana	1,550	3.30	1.53	$ 38.44	$ 79,960

Top paying states for Civil Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	46,300	2.80	1.30	$ 52.83	$ 109,890
Alaska	1,580	5.33	2.47	$ 51.17	$ 106,440
Delaware	1,080	2.47	1.15	$ 50.78	$ 105,620
Rhode Island	1,050	2.30	1.06	$ 50.01	$ 104,010
New Jersey	8,100	2.10	0.97	$ 49.59	$ 103,140

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Civil Engineers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	14,460	1.67	0.77	$ 51.43	$ 106,970
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	12,220	2.14	0.99	$ 52.24	$ 108,660
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	9,930	3.43	1.59	$ 50.44	$ 104,910
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	9,710	4.33	2.00	$ 56.04	$ 116,550
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	9,230	2.18	1.01	$ 47.29	$ 98,370
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	7,600	2.59	1.20	$ 48.14	$ 100,120
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	7,300	3.81	1.76	$ 48.43	$ 100,730
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	6,880	4.70	2.18	$ 49.03	$ 101,980
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	6,020	2.33	1.08	$ 48.24	$ 100,330
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	5,880	1.64	0.76	$ 44.87	$ 93,340

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Civil Engineers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Carson City, NV	310	10.28	4.76	$ 36.40	$ 75,700
Yuba City, CA	400	8.60	3.98	$ 49.99	$ 103,990
Walla Walla, WA	210	8.03	3.72	$ 47.75	$ 99,320
Fairbanks, AK	280	8.02	3.71	$ 49.00	$ 101,920
Olympia-Tumwater, WA	730	6.56	3.04	$ 45.11	$ 93,820
Bismarck, ND	450	6.53	3.02	$ 40.93	$ 85,140
Anchorage, AK	1,020	6.32	2.93	$ 52.31	$ 108,800
Raleigh, NC	3,700	5.85	2.71	$ 45.11	$ 93,840
Ames, IA	260	5.77	2.67	$ 41.49	$ 86,300
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	5,090	5.18	2.40	$ 55.34	$ 115,120