Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary
SOC 17-3022 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $44,220
- 25th
- $51,490
- Median
- $64,950
- 75th
- $80,650
- 90th
- $98,980
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- Associate's degree
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where civil engineering technologists and technicians earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | $85,390 | 103.4 | 970 | 1.12× |
| 2 | California | $83,490 | 110.7 | 7,250 | 0.90× |
| 3 | Washington | $79,580 | 107.0 | 2,090 | 1.33× |
| 4 | Illinois | $79,190 | 100.0 | 4,190 | 1.56× |
| 5 | Minnesota | $78,690 | 98.6 | 2,030 | 1.56× |
| 6 | Nevada | $74,810 | 100.0 | 800 | 1.18× |
| 7 | Vermont | $74,100 | 98.0 | 200 | 1.53× |
| 8 | Wisconsin | $73,970 | 94.1 | 1,560 | 1.20× |
| 9 | New York | $73,790 | 107.9 | 1,710 | 0.40× |
| 10 | Connecticut | $73,430 | 103.6 | 330 | 0.45× |
| 11 | Iowa | $72,540 | 87.8 | 1,130 | 1.64× |
| 12 | Massachusetts | $71,350 | 105.8 | 680 | 0.42× |
| 13 | Alaska | $70,990 | 102.4 | 230 | 1.62× |
| 14 | New Jersey | $70,650 | 108.8 | 760 | 0.40× |
| 15 | Louisiana | $68,030 | 88.2 | 410 | 0.48× |
| 16 | Maine | $67,540 | 97.0 | 290 | 1.02× |
| 17 | Virginia | $67,100 | 101.1 | 1,480 | 0.82× |
| 18 | Nebraska | $66,590 | 90.1 | 370 | 0.81× |
| 19 | North Dakota | $65,030 | 89.0 | 400 | 2.12× |
| 20 | Ohio | $64,730 | 92.8 | 1,790 | 0.73× |
| 21 | Utah | $64,490 | 98.9 | 630 | 0.82× |
| 22 | New Hampshire | $64,480 | 104.2 | 300 | 0.99× |
| 23 | Hawaii | $64,410 | 110.0 | 120 | 0.44× |
| 24 | Indiana | $64,390 | 93.3 | 1,040 | 0.74× |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $63,650 | 97.6 | 2,290 | 0.86× |
| 26 | Rhode Island | $63,650 | 102.3 | 140 | 0.64× |
| 27 | Arizona | $63,560 | 100.7 | 1,050 | 0.73× |
| 28 | Florida | $63,410 | 103.4 | 4,030 | 0.92× |
| 29 | Idaho | $63,200 | 95.5 | 440 | 1.16× |
| 30 | Maryland | $62,760 | 105.0 | 620 | 0.51× |
| 31 | New Mexico | $62,440 | 92.2 | 710 | 1.84× |
| 32 | Delaware | $62,120 | 99.8 | 350 | 1.65× |
| 33 | Montana | $61,410 | 94.6 | 310 | 1.36× |
| 34 | Missouri | $61,350 | 90.8 | 1,300 | 1.01× |
| 35 | South Dakota | $60,880 | 88.6 | 460 | 2.27× |
| 36 | Oklahoma | $60,050 | 87.8 | 400 | 0.54× |
| 37 | Kentucky | $59,710 | 90.2 | 1,860 | 2.11× |
| 38 | Kansas | $59,440 | 90.1 | 1,060 | 1.67× |
| 39 | Texas | $59,390 | 97.1 | 4,470 | 0.72× |
| 40 | Colorado | $59,050 | 103.1 | 1,820 | 1.44× |
| 41 | North Carolina | $58,700 | 94.3 | 2,760 | 1.27× |
| 42 | Michigan | $57,990 | 96.2 | 2,930 | 1.51× |
| 43 | Tennessee | $57,270 | 91.9 | 1,650 | 1.14× |
| 44 | Wyoming | $56,150 | 92.7 | 300 | 2.45× |
| 45 | South Carolina | $53,710 | 93.7 | 1,480 | 1.46× |
| 46 | West Virginia | $53,340 | 89.5 | 520 | 1.67× |
| 47 | Alabama | $52,750 | 88.8 | 1,800 | 1.93× |
| 48 | Arkansas | $51,750 | 86.9 | — | — |
| 49 | Georgia | $50,360 | 96.3 | 3,840 | 1.78× |
| 50 | Mississippi | $46,430 | 87.0 | 800 | 1.57× |
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. States where civil engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for civil engineering technologists and technicians
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napa, CA | $102,390 | 112.6 | 40 | 1.04× |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $98,020 | 110.4 | 420 | 0.84× |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $97,510 | 115.6 | 1,270 | 1.22× |
| 4 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $97,410 | 107.8 | 130 | 1.45× |
| 5 | Vallejo, CA | $96,860 | 108.5 | 40 | 0.56× |
| 6 | Modesto, CA | $95,630 | 104.1 | 40 | 0.47× |
| 7 | Bend, OR | $89,010 | 103.6 | 60 | 1.18× |
| 8 | Salem, OR | $86,200 | 103.6 | 140 | 1.72× |
| 9 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $84,930 | 105.4 | 610 | 1.14× |
| 10 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $84,690 | 106.7 | 550 | 1.16× |
| 11 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $84,660 | 111.1 | 860 | 0.94× |
| 12 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $84,120 | 108.6 | 90 | 1.63× |
| 13 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $83,990 | 113.6 | 1,670 | 0.60× |
| 14 | Springfield, IL | $83,990 | 92.7 | 220 | 5.01× |
| 15 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $83,040 | 108.8 | 110 | 1.29× |
| 16 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $82,760 | 105.6 | 70 | 1.73× |
| 17 | Utica-Rome, NY | $82,460 | 92.7 | 40 | 0.68× |
| 18 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $82,260 | 106.9 | 60 | 0.35× |
| 19 | Medford, OR | $82,050 | 101.4 | 40 | 0.97× |
| 20 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $81,990 | 110.5 | 160 | 1.12× |
| 21 | Bellingham, WA | $81,790 | 103.3 | 60 | 1.48× |
| 22 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $81,790 | 101.6 | 50 | 0.76× |
| 23 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $81,360 | 103.6 | 2,250 | 1.13× |
| 24 | Salinas, CA | $81,230 | 109.0 | 40 | 0.49× |
| 25 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $80,840 | 111.9 | 700 | 1.04× |
| 26 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $80,710 | 106.4 | 740 | 0.98× |
| 27 | Fresno, CA | $80,640 | 102.2 | 250 | 1.19× |
| 28 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $80,450 | 102.4 | 50 | 2.09× |
| 29 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $79,890 | 104.8 | 1,220 | 1.42× |
| 30 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $79,840 | 102.7 | 140 | 0.52× |
| 31 | Peoria, IL | $79,480 | 91.2 | 220 | 2.96× |
| 32 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $79,330 | 108.9 | 830 | 0.60× |
| 33 | Ames, IA | $79,210 | 88.8 | 150 | 5.89× |
| 34 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $79,050 | 100.1 | 120 | 2.09× |
| 35 | Duluth, MN-WI | $78,690 | 88.8 | 130 | 2.41× |
| 36 | Mankato, MN | $78,690 | 91.0 | 50 | 1.84× |
| 37 | Rochester, MN | $78,690 | 90.8 | 100 | 1.89× |
| 38 | St. Cloud, MN | $78,690 | 87.6 | 40 | 0.88× |
| 39 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $78,350 | 98.9 | 60 | 0.75× |
| 40 | Visalia, CA | $78,220 | 99.8 | 60 | 0.84× |
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 engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Similar occupations
Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.
- Architectural and Civil Drafters$66,150
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,190
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$66,120
- Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$78,350
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians$54,240
- Mechanical Drafters$71,550
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$74,510
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters$76,870