Engineering
What you can do with Civil Engineering
Design and build infrastructure: roads, bridges, buildings, and water systems.
- Careers
- 6
- Early career
- $75,000
- Mid-career
- $115,000
- Growing fast
- 3 of 6
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 6 careers a Civil Engineering degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
3 of 6 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034. Of those, Construction Manager has the most openings, about 46,800 a year.
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6 careers this degree leads to
Construction Manager
$114,990Plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from start to finish.
- Middle half of workers
- $88,550 to $151,640
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 46,800
Work-life38Remote8Satisfaction70- Project Management
- Cost Estimation
- Blueprint Reading
- Safety Compliance
Environmental Engineer
$107,110Engineer solutions to pollution, water quality, and waste problems that protect both people and ecosystems.
- Middle half of workers
- $83,570 to $134,420
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 3,000
Work-life47Remote67- Environmental Remediation
- Water Treatment Design
- Regulatory Compliance
- Monitoring
Civil Engineer
$100,840Design, build, and supervise infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, and water systems.
- Middle half of workers
- $79,930 to $129,680
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 23,600
Work-life62Remote35Satisfaction74- Structural Analysis
- AutoCAD
- Project Management
- Geotechnical Engineering
Hydrologist
$96,600Track how water moves through the earth and atmosphere, protecting supplies and predicting floods.
- Middle half of workers
- $77,210 to $122,830
- Growth
- Slower than average
- Openings a year
- 500
Work-life52Remote58- Hydrologic Modeling
- Field Sampling
- GIS Mapping
- Science
Surveyor
$75,440Measure and map land with precision instruments to establish the boundaries construction, mapping, and property law depend on.
- Middle half of workers
- $58,170 to $98,130
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 3,900
Work-life47Remote17- Land Surveying
- GPS/GIS Tools
- Mathematics
- Attention to Detail
Surveying / Mapping Technician
$54,240Collect and process the measurements and imagery that surveyors and cartographers turn into maps.
- Middle half of workers
- $45,430 to $66,700
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 7,600
- Measurement
- GIS
- Fieldwork
- Attention to Detail
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.