Occupational employment / Civil engineers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Civil engineers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7,590 $40.59 $84,430
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 13,920 $46.61 $96,960
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 12,650 $42.00 $87,360
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 11,790 $40.61 $84,470
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 7,900 $40.91 $85,090
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 7,760 $42.52 $88,450
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 6,980 $39.21 $81,560
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 6,550 $41.50 $86,310
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 6,450 $39.73 $82,640
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 6,220 $39.48 $82,110
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 5,690 $40.36 $83,950
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,670 $38.04 $79,130
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 5,330 $42.67 $88,760
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,140 $38.97 $81,060
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,010 $38.05 $79,140
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,830 $36.32 $75,530
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 4,750 $43.82 $91,140
Denver-Aurora, CO 4,690 $37.77 $78,560
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4,570 $37.39 $77,770
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 4,540 $41.85 $87,050
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 4,310 $42.12 $87,610
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 3,990 $37.76 $78,530
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,830 $38.25 $79,550
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,600 $34.42 $71,600
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,500 $38.72 $80,540
Pittsburgh, PA 3,410 $33.39 $69,440
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,400 $37.51 $78,020
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 3,290 $35.72 $74,310
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 3,210 $43.47 $90,430
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,060 $37.39 $77,780
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,960 $37.38 $77,750
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,810 $39.57 $82,300
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,730 $35.40 $73,620
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,610 $36.77 $76,480
Austin-Round Rock, TX 2,590 $36.31 $75,530
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,560 $37.02 $77,000
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,530 $38.65 $80,390
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,460 $45.43 $94,490
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 2,400 $34.61 $72,000
San Antonio, TX 2,260 $31.50 $65,520
Raleigh-Cary, NC 2,260 $34.40 $71,550
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2,210 $41.65 $86,630
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,150 $37.05 $77,070
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 2,070 $43.02 $89,480
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,900 $41.29 $85,880
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,860 $30.48 $63,390
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,840 $35.61 $74,070
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 1,730 $41.29 $85,880
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,680 $35.31 $73,440
Columbus, OH 1,660 $33.98 $70,670
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,650 $39.77 $82,730
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,630 $35.76 $74,380
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,620 $41.88 $87,110
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,570 $38.45 $79,990
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,560 $48.03 $99,890
Richmond, VA 1,550 $36.02 $74,920
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,540 $38.76 $80,620
Honolulu, HI 1,500 $36.18 $75,260
Jacksonville, FL 1,460 $42.44 $88,270
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,440 $36.91 $76,770
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,380 $36.98 $76,910
Baton Rouge, LA 1,370 $47.62 $99,060
Salt Lake City, UT 1,300 $34.15 $71,030
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,300 $35.67 $74,200
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,300 $32.22 $67,020
Albuquerque, NM 1,200 $39.50 $82,170
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,190 $34.04 $70,810
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,170 $37.04 $77,040
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1,020 $35.82 $74,510
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,010 $35.17 $73,160
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 970 $39.49 $82,140
Madison, WI 960 $34.14 $71,010
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 920 $34.26 $71,250
Anchorage, AK 860 $37.54 $78,090
Columbia, SC 850 $31.53 $65,590
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 840 $41.78 $86,910
Fresno, CA 830 $40.53 $84,300
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 810 $32.98 $68,610
Olympia, WA 810 $35.17 $73,150
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 790 $40.50 $84,230
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 760 $37.07 $77,100
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 750 $36.73 $76,390
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 720 $45.84 $95,350
Tucson, AZ 710 $32.37 $67,330
Rochester, NY 710 $35.11 $73,030
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 710 $34.44 $71,640
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 710 $33.94 $70,600
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 700 $38.27 $79,590
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 690 $43.62 $90,720
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 690 $37.82 $78,670
College Station-Bryan, TX 680 $29.30 $60,940
Greenville, SC 640 $31.71 $65,950
Syracuse, NY 630 $33.23 $69,120
Tulsa, OK 620 $35.45 $73,740
New Haven, CT 620 $33.57 $69,820
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 610 $38.29 $79,650
Oklahoma City, OK 610 $35.19 $73,200
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 610 $34.57 $71,900
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 600 $34.47 $71,690
Dayton, OH 590 $35.12 $73,040
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 580 $34.53 $71,810
Montgomery, AL 550 $31.03 $64,530
Colorado Springs, CO 530 $31.09 $64,660
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 510 $33.68 $70,060
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 510 $28.50 $59,290
Knoxville, TN 510 $33.85 $70,420
Tallahassee, FL 490 $36.51 $75,940
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 490 $34.96 $72,710
Jackson, MS 490 $32.66 $67,930
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 480 $38.30 $79,670
Bakersfield, CA 470 $38.57 $80,230
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 470 $33.45 $69,590
Lancaster, PA 460 $34.60 $71,980
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 460 $39.71 $82,590
Boise City-Nampa, ID 460 $34.71 $72,200
Durham, NC 460 $34.22 $71,180
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 460 $37.84 $78,720
Akron, OH 450 $32.86 $68,350
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 450 $33.69 $70,070
Toledo, OH 440 $32.85 $68,330
Reno-Sparks, NV 440 $40.13 $83,480
Spokane, WA 440 $31.18 $64,850
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 430 $34.72 $72,210
Charleston, WV 420 $30.31 $63,040
Mobile, AL 420 $36.13 $75,150
Greensboro-High Point, NC 420 $29.41 $61,170
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 410 $43.70 $90,890
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 410 $36.14 $75,180
Lexington-Fayette, KY 390 $33.80 $70,290
Lincoln, NE 390 $31.97 $66,490
Salem, OR 380 $35.33 $73,490
Worcester, MA-CT 380 $35.43 $73,700
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 370 $39.36 $81,870
Lynchburg, VA 370 $33.42 $69,520
Stockton, CA 370 $39.61 $82,390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 360 $39.40 $81,940
Provo-Orem, UT 360 $34.16 $71,050
Springfield, MA-CT 360 $34.19 $71,110
York-Hanover, PA 360 $36.14 $75,160
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 350 $36.83 $76,610
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 340 $37.53 $78,070
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 330 $32.51 $67,630
Gainesville, FL 330 $34.74 $72,260
Naples-Marco Island, FL 320 $39.53 $82,210
Green Bay, WI 310 $30.14 $62,690
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 310 $30.33 $63,090
El Paso, TX 310 $32.35 $67,290
Wichita, KS 300 $28.42 $59,110
Redding, CA 300 $39.35 $81,840
Topeka, KS 290 $33.98 $70,670
Corpus Christi, TX 280 $41.87 $87,080
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 280 $31.96 $66,490
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 280 $43.89 $91,290
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 270 $40.57 $84,390
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 270 $35.79 $74,440
Bismarck, ND 270 $30.88 $64,240
Eugene-Springfield, OR 270 $35.57 $73,980
Lakeland, FL 270 $35.98 $74,840
Ames, IA 260 $36.64 $76,210
Binghamton, NY 260 $30.40 $63,230
Champaign-Urbana, IL 260 $32.24 $67,050
Yuba City, CA 260 $38.48 $80,040
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 250 $38.57 $80,220
Carson City, NV 250 $31.26 $65,020
Jefferson City, MO 250 $32.56 $67,720
Boulder, CO 250 $37.61 $78,230
Columbus, GA-AL 250 $30.69 $63,840
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 250 Not available Not available
Bellingham, WA 240 $32.96 $68,560
Lafayette, LA 240 $42.83 $89,080
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 230 $40.32 $83,870
Savannah, GA 230 $35.20 $73,210
Morgantown, WV 230 $27.86 $57,940
Tuscaloosa, AL 220 $31.16 $64,810
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 220 $42.15 $87,680
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 220 $42.47 $88,340
Wilmington, NC 220 $32.25 $67,090
Springfield, MO 210 $34.55 $71,870
Sioux Falls, SD 210 $32.11 $66,780
Reading, PA 210 $44.38 $92,300
Duluth, MN-WI 210 $32.44 $67,470
Fairbanks, AK 210 $35.60 $74,060
Dover, DE 210 $33.73 $70,160
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 210 $34.27 $71,280
Evansville, IN-KY 210 $29.68 $61,740
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 200 $31.28 $65,050
Corvallis, OR 200 $31.40 $65,310
Asheville, NC 200 $29.77 $61,930
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 200 $33.04 $68,720
Columbia, MO 200 $31.79 $66,130
Greeley, CO 200 $32.88 $68,390
Peoria, IL 200 $35.62 $74,080
Manchester, NH 190 $40.97 $85,210
Atlantic City, NJ 180 $44.49 $92,550
Chattanooga, TN-GA 180 $35.47 $73,780
Cedar Rapids, IA 180 $36.82 $76,590
Wausau, WI 180 $27.38 $56,950
Grand Junction, CO 180 $35.62 $74,090
Billings, MT 170 $32.54 $67,680
Barnstable Town, MA 170 $38.26 $79,590
Utica-Rome, NY 170 $31.75 $66,040
State College, PA 170 $36.54 $76,010
Salinas, CA 170 $34.45 $71,650
Roanoke, VA 170 $31.09 $64,670
Fayetteville, NC 160 $39.36 $81,860
Yakima, WA 160 $31.28 $65,070
Rapid City, SD 160 $32.95 $68,530
Williamsport, PA 160 $32.09 $66,750
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 160 $36.70 $76,330
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 160 $37.31 $77,600
Rochester, MN 150 $32.79 $68,200
Santa Fe, NM 150 $38.48 $80,050
Altoona, PA 150 $30.74 $63,940
Charlottesville, VA 150 $31.97 $66,490
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 150 $40.18 $83,560
Cheyenne, WY 140 $30.51 $63,450
Johnstown, PA 140 $36.23 $75,360
Pueblo, CO 140 $37.61 $78,230
Fargo, ND-MN 140 $30.58 $63,600
Fort Wayne, IN 140 $28.82 $59,950
Bend, OR 140 $31.19 $64,880
Wenatchee, WA 140 $35.14 $73,080
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 130 $33.25 $69,160
Winston-Salem, NC 130 $31.82 $66,180
Modesto, CA 130 $38.60 $80,280
Chico, CA 130 $33.75 $70,210
Lubbock, TX 130 $20.80 $43,270
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 120 $34.61 $71,990
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 120 $32.35 $67,290
Midland, TX 120 $34.93 $72,650
Tyler, TX 120 $35.12 $73,050
St. George, UT 120 $32.20 $66,970
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 120 $28.55 $59,390
Winchester, VA-WV 120 $40.38 $84,000
Las Cruces, NM 120 $30.21 $62,830
Ann Arbor, MI 120 $36.56 $76,040
Flint, MI 120 $29.93 $62,250
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 120 $33.67 $70,040
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 120 $37.50 $78,000
Springfield, IL 120 $37.23 $77,430
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 110 $25.62 $53,280
Amarillo, TX 110 $36.18 $75,260
Missoula, MT 110 $33.97 $70,670
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 110 $32.25 $67,090
Iowa City, IA 110 $34.87 $72,540
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 110 $28.00 $58,240
Visalia-Porterville, CA 110 $35.27 $73,360
Warner Robins, GA 100 $39.05 $81,230
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 100 $32.63 $67,870
Portsmouth, NH-ME 100 $34.51 $71,780
Coeur d'Alene, ID 100 $30.72 $63,900
Canton-Massillon, OH 100 $32.46 $67,520
Eau Claire, WI 100 $33.66 $70,010
Spartanburg, SC 100 $29.60 $61,570
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 100 $37.28 $77,530
Pascagoula, MS 100 $34.94 $72,680
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 100 $36.41 $75,730
Pittsfield, MA 100 $32.17 $66,910
New Bedford, MA 90 $35.48 $73,790
Bloomington, IN 90 $28.82 $59,940
Gainesville, GA 90 $29.34 $61,020
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 90 $31.44 $65,390
Greenville, NC 90 $39.16 $81,450
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 90 $32.14 $66,840
Medford, OR 90 $30.62 $63,700
Lawrence, KS 90 $33.85 $70,420
Lake Charles, LA 90 $37.04 $77,040
Ponce, PR 90 $26.19 $54,480
Punta Gorda, FL 80 $60.38 $125,580
Joplin, MO 80 $31.54 $65,610
Rockford, IL 80 $38.82 $80,760
Auburn-Opelika, AL 80 $27.98 $58,190
Farmington, NM 80 $48.83 $101,570
Flagstaff, AZ 80 $32.22 $67,020
Yuma, AZ 80 $35.50 $73,840
Longview, WA 80 $33.90 $70,520
Napa, CA 80 $32.99 $68,610
Waco, TX 80 $35.43 $73,700
Victoria, TX 80 $41.64 $86,610
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 70 $35.33 $73,490
La Crosse, WI-MN 70 $30.25 $62,920
Jackson, MI 70 $37.18 $77,330
Great Falls, MT 70 $33.89 $70,500
Johnson City, TN 70 $29.77 $61,930
Abilene, TX 70 $34.28 $71,300
Alexandria, LA 70 $35.19 $73,200
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 70 $30.07 $62,540
Ithaca, NY 70 $32.69 $68,000
Casper, WY 70 $33.97 $70,650
Laredo, TX 70 $31.57 $65,660
Monroe, LA 70 $38.51 $80,090
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 70 $31.66 $65,850
Prescott, AZ 70 $36.46 $75,830
Bangor, ME 60 $31.71 $65,950
Longview, TX 60 $41.85 $87,050
Grand Forks, ND-MN 60 $34.73 $72,240
Fort Smith, AR-OK 60 $32.59 $67,790
Wichita Falls, TX 60 $34.26 $71,270
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 60 $31.60 $65,720
Battle Creek, MI 60 $30.87 $64,200
Mayaguez, PR 60 $21.33 $44,370
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 60 $33.72 $70,150
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 60 $37.99 $79,020
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 60 $34.04 $70,810
Idaho Falls, ID 60 $29.15 $60,630
St. Joseph, MO-KS 60 $28.81 $59,920
Ocala, FL 60 $36.90 $76,750
Lima, OH 60 $35.10 $73,010
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 50 $30.51 $63,460
Elizabethtown, KY 50 $33.96 $70,630
Dothan, AL 50 $34.97 $72,730
Hot Springs, AR 50 $27.41 $57,020
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 50 $38.62 $80,320
Salisbury, MD 50 $33.53 $69,730
Janesville, WI 50 $29.07 $60,470
Harrisonburg, VA 50 $28.51 $59,310
Danbury, CT 50 $36.90 $76,750
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 50 $45.95 $95,570
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 50 $31.14 $64,760
Florence, SC 50 $32.50 $67,600
Waterbury, CT 50 $38.12 $79,290
Athens-Clarke County, GA 50 $28.79 $59,890
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 50 $24.59 $51,140
Lafayette, IN 50 $27.61 $57,430
Decatur, IL 40 $34.51 $71,780
Wheeling, WV-OH 40 $29.05 $60,410
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 40 $28.43 $59,130
Ocean City, NJ 40 $39.30 $81,740
Monroe, MI 40 $30.90 $64,270
Bloomington-Normal, IL 40 $40.15 $83,510
Lawton, OK 40 $31.25 $65,010
Fond du Lac, WI 40 $29.65 $61,670
Rocky Mount, NC 40 $36.27 $75,450
Columbus, IN 40 $36.59 $76,110
Terre Haute, IN 40 $29.79 $61,960
Decatur, AL 40 $28.64 $59,560
Erie, PA 40 $38.01 $79,060
Clarksville, TN-KY 40 $31.59 $65,710
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 40 $26.82 $55,790
Burlington, NC 40 $39.00 $81,120
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 40 $38.30 $79,660
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 40 $36.50 $75,920
Anderson, SC 40 $25.32 $52,670
Kingston, NY 30 $33.53 $69,750
Madera, CA 30 $40.49 $84,220
San Angelo, TX 30 $27.23 $56,630
Mansfield, OH 30 $42.40 $88,180
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 30 $39.54 $82,250
Bowling Green, KY 30 $26.01 $54,090
Sumter, SC Not available $31.37 $65,260
Huntsville, AL Not available $44.51 $92,590
Owensboro, KY Not available $32.46 $67,520
Appleton, WI Not available $32.43 $67,440
Merced, CA Not available $43.97 $91,460
Macon, GA Not available $28.20 $58,650
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Not available $36.80 $76,540
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Not available $29.51 $61,370
Logan, UT-ID Not available $27.74 $57,690
Pocatello, ID Not available $32.19 $66,950
Odessa, TX Not available $36.80 $76,550
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Not available $33.35 $69,370
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Not available $27.35 $56,880
Sheboygan, WI Not available $32.22 $67,010
Albany, GA Not available $29.38 $61,100
Glens Falls, NY Not available $27.46 $57,110
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Not available $41.51 $86,340
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL Not available $39.15 $81,430
Jonesboro, AR Not available $32.82 $68,260
El Centro, CA Not available $45.46 $94,550
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