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Civil Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 263 live Civil Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
263
Employers
50
Remote
3%
Typical pay
$71k–145k
Verified live (7d)
254

Pay is advertised by 33% of these postings (87 of 263 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$73k12
3–5 years$80k26
6–9 years$125k12
10+ years$130k11

Skills in demand

Across 239 civil engineer postings that named at least one skill

  • Autodesk AutoCAD80%
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D54%
  • Professional Engineer35%
  • Bentley MicroStation9.6%
  • Autodesk Revit8.0%
  • Esri ArcGIS6.7%
  • Bentley WaterCAD5.9%
  • OpenRoads Designer3.8%
  • Bentley SewerCAD3.4%
  • Bentley StormCAD3.4%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 198 postings stated one

0–2 years
23%
3–5 years
42%
6–9 years
20%
10+ years
15%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 85 postings stated one

Remote
11%
Hybrid
66%
On-site
24%

Education

The floor the posting sets · 233 postings stated one

Bachelor's
99%
Master's
1.3%

Employers hiring for this

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