Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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 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)
300,850	1.0 %	$ 45.88	$ 95,440	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Civil Engineers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 27.00	$ 33.22	$ 42.58	$ 55.34	$ 69.62
Annual Wage (2)	$ 56,160	$ 69,100	$ 88,570	$ 115,110	$ 144,810

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	162,110	10.79	$ 46.76	$ 97,260
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	35,900	1.63	$ 42.74	$ 88,890
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	30,160	0.56	$ 47.53	$ 98,870
Nonresidential Building Construction	18,620	2.31	$ 39.76	$ 82,710
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	9,600	0.46	$ 47.29	$ 98,370

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	162,110	10.79	$ 46.76	$ 97,260
Nonresidential Building Construction	18,620	2.31	$ 39.76	$ 82,710
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	2,180	1.81	$ 43.36	$ 90,190
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	35,900	1.63	$ 42.74	$ 88,890
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	400	1.29	$ 46.07	$ 95,820

Top paying industries for Civil Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Waste Treatment and Disposal	220	0.22	$ 61.08	$ 127,050
Oil and Gas Extraction	620	0.50	$ 59.94	$ 124,670
Social Advocacy Organizations	150	0.07	$ 58.34	$ 121,360
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	390	0.02	$ 55.23	$ 114,890
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,610	0.15	$ 54.89	$ 114,170

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	45,900	2.79	1.29	$ 54.42	$ 113,200
Texas	28,990	2.40	1.11	$ 45.32	$ 94,270
Florida	16,250	1.93	0.89	$ 42.83	$ 89,090
New York	14,670	1.69	0.78	$ 50.58	$ 105,210
Colorado	11,190	4.34	2.01	$ 47.36	$ 98,520

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	5.32	2.46	$ 48.16	$ 100,160
Colorado	11,190	4.34	2.01	$ 47.36	$ 98,520
Hawaii	2,230	3.88	1.80	$ 42.86	$ 89,140
Washington	11,150	3.49	1.61	$ 45.21	$ 94,030
Wyoming	900	3.45	1.59	$ 44.00	$ 91,520

Top paying states for Civil Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	45,900	2.79	1.29	$ 54.42	$ 113,200
New York	14,670	1.69	0.78	$ 50.58	$ 105,210
New Jersey	7,050	1.86	0.86	$ 48.41	$ 100,690
Alaska	1,580	5.32	2.46	$ 48.16	$ 100,160
Oklahoma	2,020	1.29	0.60	$ 47.57	$ 98,940

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	14,140	1.60	0.74	$ 51.94	$ 108,040
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	13,820	2.37	1.10	$ 53.86	$ 112,030
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	10,780	3.63	1.68	$ 47.99	$ 99,830
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	9,830	4.22	1.95	$ 57.62	$ 119,860
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	9,540	3.16	1.46	$ 48.32	$ 100,510
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	7,860	1.80	0.83	$ 44.44	$ 92,430
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	7,850	5.39	2.49	$ 47.91	$ 99,640
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	7,120	3.64	1.68	$ 46.22	$ 96,130
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6,260	1.74	0.81	$ 50.12	$ 104,250
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	6,100	2.35	1.08	$ 46.93	$ 97,610

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)
Fairbanks, AK	330	10.82	5.00	$ 46.01	$ 95,700
Carson City, NV	310	10.61	4.90	$ 35.69	$ 74,230
Yuba City, CA	420	9.45	4.37	$ 51.75	$ 107,640
Walla Walla, WA	210	8.40	3.88	$ 47.92	$ 99,670
Bismarck, ND	480	7.00	3.24	$ 42.47	$ 88,330
Olympia-Tumwater, WA	740	6.83	3.16	$ 43.80	$ 91,100
Raleigh, NC	4,180	6.73	3.11	$ 43.63	$ 90,750
Trenton, NJ	1,520	6.61	3.05	$ 44.73	$ 93,040
Anchorage, AK	940	5.69	2.63	$ 50.35	$ 104,720
Kennewick-Richland, WA	630	5.51	2.55	$ 44.84	$ 93,260