• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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)
307,570	1.9 %	$ 46.82	$ 97,380	0.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for Civil Engineers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 29.35	$ 35.74	$ 43.24	$ 56.51	$ 66.68
Annual Wage (2)	$ 61,040	$ 74,330	$ 89,940	$ 117,540	$ 138,690

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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	160,700	10.13	$ 47.15	$ 98,060
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	35,830	1.69	$ 44.17	$ 91,870
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	32,920	0.61	$ 49.58	$ 103,120
Nonresidential Building Construction	19,720	2.42	$ 40.17	$ 83,560
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	9,870	0.47	$ 48.78	$ 101,450

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	160,700	10.13	$ 47.15	$ 98,060
Nonresidential Building Construction	19,720	2.42	$ 40.17	$ 83,560
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	2,460	1.98	$ 46.18	$ 96,060
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	35,830	1.69	$ 44.17	$ 91,870
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	4,580	1.27	$ 41.97	$ 87,300

Top paying industries for Civil Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	220	0.21	$ 73.63	$ 153,150
Oil and Gas Extraction	270	0.26	$ 71.48	$ 148,670
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	950	0.20	$ 65.99	$ 137,250
Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing	30	0.18	$ 65.59	$ 136,420
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	770	0.18	$ 63.43	$ 131,930

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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	44,350	2.51	1.21	$ 54.47	$ 113,290
Texas	27,470	2.11	1.02	$ 45.18	$ 93,970
New York	15,870	1.74	0.84	$ 48.67	$ 101,230
Florida	15,450	1.68	0.81	$ 48.51	$ 100,900
Washington	13,980	4.11	1.97	$ 47.51	$ 98,810

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	1,490	4.88	2.35	$ 52.39	$ 108,970
Washington	13,980	4.11	1.97	$ 47.51	$ 98,810
Colorado	11,110	4.02	1.93	$ 49.87	$ 103,730
Montana	1,730	3.54	1.70	$ 38.98	$ 81,080
Hawaii	2,020	3.40	1.63	$ 43.21	$ 89,870

Top paying states for Civil Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Rhode Island	1,130	2.35	1.13	$ 57.34	$ 119,260
Louisiana	2,380	1.29	0.62	$ 54.59	$ 113,540
California	44,350	2.51	1.21	$ 54.47	$ 113,290
Alaska	1,490	4.88	2.35	$ 52.39	$ 108,970
Colorado	11,110	4.02	1.93	$ 49.87	$ 103,730

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	15,000	1.63	0.79	$ 51.27	$ 106,630
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	12,980	2.13	1.02	$ 53.05	$ 110,340
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	9,600	2.17	1.04	$ 47.90	$ 99,630
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	9,080	4.46	2.14	$ 49.04	$ 102,010
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	8,930	2.92	1.41	$ 49.52	$ 103,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	8,410	3.52	1.69	$ 57.90	$ 120,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	7,810	2.58	1.24	$ 48.06	$ 99,970
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	7,480	4.83	2.32	$ 50.46	$ 104,960
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	6,450	2.38	1.15	$ 49.55	$ 103,050
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6,240	1.64	0.79	$ 45.08	$ 93,760

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	300	9.97	4.79	$ 39.83	$ 82,840
Yuba City, CA	380	7.71	3.71	$ 54.12	$ 112,570
Walla Walla, WA	200	7.19	3.46	$ 49.28	$ 102,500
Fairbanks, AK	240	6.93	3.33	$ 50.27	$ 104,550
Olympia-Tumwater, WA	780	6.48	3.12	$ 46.23	$ 96,160
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	1,460	6.46	3.11	$ 51.82	$ 107,780
Anchorage, AK	1,000	6.00	2.88	$ 52.96	$ 110,150
Raleigh, NC	3,930	5.85	2.81	$ 46.07	$ 95,830
Ames, IA	270	5.83	2.80	$ 43.03	$ 89,500
Bismarck, ND	410	5.77	2.78	$ 41.28	$ 85,850