Civil Engineers Career

The role of Civil Engineers is to perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $101,160 and $49 per hour. 6 vocational programs could be taken for the Civil Engineers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 327,950 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Civil Engineers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Civil Engineers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Civil Engineering	4	$32,937	-	-	-
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	1	-	-	-	-
Structural Engineering	3	$35,514	-	-	-
Transportation and Highway Engineering	1	$27,199	-	-	-
Water Resources Engineering	1	$39,031	-	-	-
Construction Engineering	2	$29,293	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Civil Engineers Career

The following 36 occupations are related to Civil Engineers.

Related Occupations toCivil Engineers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	199K	$111,870	$54
Construction Managers	329K	$116,960	$56
Architectural and Engineering Managers	208K	$172,290	$83
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Managers, All Other	590K	$146,320	$70
Logisticians	228K	$84,640	$41
Project Management Specialists	948K	$104,920	$50
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	111K	$100,400	$48
Aerospace Engineers	66,660	$134,330	$65
Chemical Engineers	21,140	$122,910	$59
Civil Engineers	328K	$101,160	$49
Electrical Engineers	185K	$117,680	$57
Environmental Engineers	39,880	$105,840	$51
Industrial Engineers	333K	$103,150	$50
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	9,960	$108,110	$52
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	7,040	$105,460	$51
Petroleum Engineers	20,390	$148,590	$71
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Architectural and Civil Drafters	111K	$65,000	$31
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	13,780	$58,780	$28
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	38,930	$67,990	$33
Conservation Scientists	22,790	$73,160	$35
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80,730	$86,710	$42
Hydrologists	6,150	$96,410	$46
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	35,210	$102,210	$49
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	32,390	$57,470	$28
Hydrologic Technicians	3,000	$61,500	$30
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	777K	$81,340	$39
Construction and Building Inspectors	134K	$72,880	$35
Highway Maintenance Workers	151K	$49,070	$24
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,503K	$49,650	$24
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	121K	$58,050	$28
Traffic Technicians	7,530	$56,680	$27

Vocational Programs for Civil Engineers Career

328K

$48.64

$101,160

Vocational Programs to Prepare Civil Engineers Career

Related Occupations to Civil Engineers Career