# Civil engineer salary by state

Canonical citation: Wages.fyi — https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/civil-engineers-17-2051-00

Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Civil Engineers.

United States median: $100,840. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| California | $122,500 | $96,590 | $149,350 |
| Alaska | $114,730 | $94,960 | $134,280 |
| Washington | $110,000 | $96,230 | $133,050 |
| Massachusetts | $106,730 | $84,570 | $134,810 |
| Louisiana | $105,380 | $78,770 | $127,940 |
| Oregon | $105,250 | $82,580 | $135,870 |
| New Jersey | $104,660 | $82,270 | $134,270 |
| Nevada | $104,310 | $83,530 | $148,150 |
| New Mexico | $103,900 | $79,570 | $129,310 |
| District of Columbia | $103,880 | $82,120 | $130,720 |
| New York | $103,760 | $84,740 | $135,920 |
| Connecticut | $103,150 | $83,390 | $130,150 |
| Nebraska | $103,150 | $80,410 | $125,930 |
| South Carolina | $101,600 | $80,360 | $131,550 |
| Minnesota | $101,480 | $80,500 | $129,670 |
| Colorado | $101,420 | $82,830 | $132,200 |
| Kentucky | $100,930 | $78,960 | $122,930 |
| North Carolina | $100,730 | $79,140 | $125,730 |
| Maryland | $100,680 | $81,640 | $126,620 |
| Delaware | $100,220 | $81,470 | $126,810 |
| Mississippi | $100,170 | $75,730 | $124,240 |
| Illinois | $99,760 | $79,650 | $125,990 |
| Rhode Island | $99,300 | $79,040 | $150,160 |
| Alabama | $99,010 | $77,750 | $128,900 |
| Oklahoma | $98,760 | $79,170 | $127,590 |
| New Hampshire | $98,710 | $76,960 | $118,980 |
| South Dakota | $98,700 | $80,560 | $115,180 |
| Florida | $98,570 | $76,740 | $128,450 |
| Indiana | $98,270 | $77,510 | $121,550 |
| North Dakota | $98,190 | $76,950 | $117,060 |
| Idaho | $98,030 | $78,990 | $113,160 |
| Pennsylvania | $97,850 | $77,920 | $122,320 |
| Maine | $97,820 | $80,410 | $113,330 |
| Virginia | $97,120 | $79,150 | $126,780 |
| Kansas | $96,880 | $77,170 | $125,990 |
| Texas | $96,860 | $77,200 | $127,340 |
| Utah | $96,830 | $78,510 | $123,240 |
| Iowa | $96,430 | $76,760 | $120,230 |
| Ohio | $96,220 | $77,820 | $124,930 |
| Tennessee | $95,910 | $76,900 | $123,160 |
| Vermont | $95,600 | $78,870 | $104,770 |
| Wisconsin | $94,600 | $75,920 | $111,400 |
| Hawaii | $94,280 | $77,720 | $113,550 |
| Montana | $93,070 | $76,770 | $105,980 |
| Missouri | $92,750 | $77,410 | $114,990 |
| Michigan | $92,100 | $75,470 | $109,870 |
| Wyoming | $90,590 | $77,610 | $106,220 |
| Arizona | $89,660 | $76,340 | $109,930 |
| West Virginia | $86,930 | $62,070 | $112,400 |
| Arkansas | $85,020 | $64,500 | $105,090 |
| Georgia | $84,240 | $75,090 | $114,380 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/civil-engineers-17-2051-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/17-2051.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.