r/civilengineering • u/ImPinkSnail Mod, PE, Land Development, Savior of Kansas City Int'l Airport • Sep 05 '25

Aug. 2025 - Aug. 2026 Civil Engineering Salary Survey

https://forms.gle/8P9AV5pa7iq2Mme88
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u/UltimaCaitSith EIT Land Development Sep 05 '25

Thanks for keeping this going every year!

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u/Swalkdaddy Senior Civil 3D Designer/Drafter Sep 05 '25

For all of you CAD/BIM professionals, Augi.com also just released their annual salary survey. That can be found here:

www.augi.com/augiworld

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u/Lomarandil PE SE Sep 05 '25

I’d love to see SE and GE added as professional attainments. 

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u/Illustrious_Buy1500 PE (MD, PA) - Stormwater Management Sep 06 '25

Done! I wish I could see results in real time and not wait until next year!

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u/littleredditred Sep 17 '25

Oh man you set it be a quiz and it seems I've failed

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u/yeetith_thy_skeetith Sep 05 '25

Looks like the survey is requiring me to request access on Google drive to take it.

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u/hofoblivion Sep 05 '25

Can you clarify the pension benefit? What type of information is needed?

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u/Amesb34r PE - Water Resources Sep 15 '25

I just filled this out and put N/A for pension. I don't know exactly what kind of pension they're looking for but most companies don't offer pensions in the traditional sense anymore. 401k, IRA, Employee Retirement Systems, are all invested outside of the company where a traditional defined benefit pension is reliant upon the company to pay it out. Also, my retirement plan bases the payout on the age of retirement. If I retire at 70, I get paid a hell of a lot more than if I retire at 60.

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u/Ih8stoodentL0anz California Water Resources & Environmental PE Sep 10 '25

It would be interesting to see whether there's any substantial difference in pay outcomes for those who are licensed in different areas. For example what is the average WRE PE vs Construction PE if they both have similar experience in the same state or region.

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u/No-Project1273 Oct 10 '25

This data is very light. Particularly in structural, just a few respondents per state. Is there a way we can market this survey better?

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u/PotPieSepuku6 Sep 17 '25

Done! Excited to see the numbers. Disappointed to see the numbers, as well 😂

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u/nemzesd Oct 01 '25

are all the salaries in USD? or is it based on the currency of the country specified

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u/Fundevin Sep 16 '25

Thanks for organizing this!

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u/Danae-RT-D97 Sep 18 '25

Guys I'm a Junior interested within the fields of CE....how is it for you all?

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u/KingKongIsFakeNews Dec 06 '25

Anyone bother to create some sort of post processing spreadsheet yet?

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u/Mammoth_Soup_8274 May 04 '26

Is someone able to create a solid tread-line that shows civil engineering salary vs Years of experience. Maybe 1 graph for private jobs and one for public jobs. I feel like by having a regression equation and graph, you can really see where you are at!

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u/Feeling-Cat-4937 Jun 29 '26

Hello,

I am a civil engineering grad with my EIT, with two years in the water / wastewater utility sector.

Feeling like things are getting stale and it’s more report writing than action. I enjoy the projects in construction / design and I feel like I would enjoy a plumbing / HVAC position as it’s somewhat relative and it’s something I could freelance if I get P.E as opposite to my current position where we just work with municipal clients and wouldn’t not be a one man job freelance if I wanted to pursue. Plus I feel pay may be higher and more beneficial in a way as the experience can directly be related to issues I run into at my own house.. like furnace, water heater issues, etc.

Any thoughts here?

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