Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
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).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 310,850 |
1.0 % |
$45.36 |
$94,360 |
0.4 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$26.63 |
$32.76 |
$41.86 |
$54.60 |
$69.50 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$55,380 |
$68,130 |
$87,060 |
$113,580 |
$144,560 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services |
168,270 |
11.23 |
$46.34 |
$96,400 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
36,160 |
1.66 |
$41.38 |
$86,070 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
31,240 |
0.56 |
$46.46 |
$96,630 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction |
18,590 |
2.23 |
$40.21 |
$83,630 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
9,260 |
0.46 |
$45.47 |
$94,580 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services |
168,270 |
11.23 |
$46.34 |
$96,400 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction |
18,590 |
2.23 |
$40.21 |
$83,630 |
| Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction |
2,420 |
1.97 |
$42.24 |
$87,860 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
36,160 |
1.66 |
$41.38 |
$86,070 |
| Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
360 |
1.21 |
$48.92 |
$101,750 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
49,090 |
2.82 |
1.33 |
$53.12 |
$110,480 |
| Texas |
27,920 |
2.25 |
1.06 |
$46.39 |
$96,480 |
| New York |
16,400 |
1.72 |
0.81 |
$49.43 |
$102,820 |
| Florida |
16,060 |
1.83 |
0.86 |
$43.68 |
$90,850 |
| Pennsylvania |
12,260 |
2.08 |
0.98 |
$41.85 |
$87,050 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Alaska |
1,590 |
5.02 |
2.37 |
$48.49 |
$100,860 |
| Colorado |
10,090 |
3.77 |
1.78 |
$45.61 |
$94,870 |
| Washington |
11,580 |
3.49 |
1.65 |
$46.05 |
$95,780 |
| Wyoming |
900 |
3.30 |
1.56 |
$43.54 |
$90,570 |
| Hawaii |
2,050 |
3.22 |
1.52 |
$41.51 |
$86,340 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
49,090 |
2.82 |
1.33 |
$53.12 |
$110,480 |
| Louisiana |
2,850 |
1.48 |
0.70 |
$50.48 |
$104,990 |
| New Jersey |
7,420 |
1.81 |
0.86 |
$49.50 |
$102,950 |
| New York |
16,400 |
1.72 |
0.81 |
$49.43 |
$102,820 |
| District of Columbia |
1,420 |
1.97 |
0.93 |
$48.92 |
$101,750 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
16,020 |
2.57 |
1.21 |
$51.86 |
$107,870 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
15,860 |
1.64 |
0.78 |
$51.17 |
$106,430 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
10,930 |
4.42 |
2.09 |
$57.75 |
$120,110 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
10,740 |
3.52 |
1.66 |
$51.87 |
$107,890 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
9,380 |
2.95 |
1.39 |
$48.95 |
$101,810 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
8,480 |
1.81 |
0.86 |
$44.98 |
$93,560 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
6,940 |
4.58 |
2.17 |
$45.95 |
$95,570 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
6,870 |
3.40 |
1.61 |
$46.46 |
$96,640 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
6,190 |
2.21 |
1.04 |
$45.80 |
$95,270 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
5,950 |
1.63 |
0.77 |
$48.53 |
$100,950 |
United States Department of Labor
