Earnings
Earnings
for engineers vary significantly by specialty, industry, and education.
Even so, as a group, engineers earn some of the highest average starting
salaries among those holding bachelor's degrees.
According the
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median
income
for civil engineers is $87,060. The lowest 10% earned
$55,380. The highest 10% earned $144,560.
The median annual wages for civil engineers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Federal government, excluding postal service: $95,380
Local government, excluding education and hospitals: 93,380
Engineering services: 87,710
State government, excluding education and hospitals: 82,030
Nonresidential building construction: 76,340.
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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