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Civil Engineers salary in Florida

SOC 17-2051 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$98,570
per year in Florida
Middle half
$76,740–$128,450
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
23,750
in Florida
Concentration
1.01×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Florida
$98,570
published median
United States
$100,840
2.3% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
28th
51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $98,570 median has purchasing power comparable to about $95,316 nationally. Florida's BEA regional price parity is 103.4 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Florida.

$58,640$166,680

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Bachelor's degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Narrow to a metro in Florida

Every linked area below has a published estimate for civil engineers. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Jacksonville, FL$102,28099.51,9001.05×
2Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$101,82097.05902.00×
3Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$100,740101.43,7201.11×
4Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$100,640100.01,0701.84×
5Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$100,570100.94,1901.22×
6Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$100,16099.42400.47×
7Punta Gorda, FL$99,230100.51100.83×
8Port St. Lucie, FL$99,220100.22400.59×
9Gainesville, FL$97,71096.73300.90×
10Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$97,62098.31100.79×
11Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$97,18097.33501.62×
12Wildwood-The Villages, FL$96,86085.4700.75×
13Naples-Marco Island, FL$94,600103.21600.38×
14Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$93,98097.73800.83×
15Tallahassee, FL$90,84093.94701.07×
16North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$86,170102.44500.56×
17Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$84,990102.37301.02×
18Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$83,750114.26,8501.03×
19Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$81,84097.14700.74×
20Ocala, FL$81,08095.21300.44×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where civil engineers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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