Skip to main content
RoleHue RoleHue

Civil Engineers

Salary benchmarks based on 309 public records across 10 cities.

What do Civil Engineers do?

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).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 17-2051)

Avg experience: 5 years

Salary Overview

Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 309 data points.

$86K

P25

$96K

Median

$112K

P75

P25 $86K Median $96K P75 $112K

Top Paying Cities

Help map the full range

Help make Civil Engineers salary data more accurate. Contribute anonymously.

Add my salary

Source: Anonymous salary submissions from Civil Engineers professionals.

How we calculate benchmarks

Last updated: 2026-06-29