Civil engineers have the unique distinction of designing and supervising the construction of our nations roads, levies, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and water supply and sewage systems.

They are many factors that go into the design process such as construction costs, structural longevity, maintenance costs along with government regulations and environmental considerations such as earthquakes and hurricanes.

Civil engineers are one of the oldest engineering disciplines, encompasses many specialties. The major ones are structural, water resources, construction, environmental, transportation, and geotechnical engineering.

Many civil engineers hold supervisory or administrative positions, from supervisor of a construction site to city engineer. Others may work in design, construction, research, and teaching.

Currently there are 256,000 civil engineers in the United States. The need for new civil engineers is expected to grow about 18% over the decade. That is faster than the average for all other occupations followed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is due to the need to improve our nations infrastructure including transportation, water, supply, pollution control systems along with buildings and other civil projects. There is a continuing and growing need to repair and replace existing roads, bridges, levies, tunnels and other public structures.

The lowest 10% of civil engineers make $44,810, and the highest 10% make about $104,420. The median amount that Civil Engineers make is about $70,000. If you have a bachelor’s degrees, earnings are on average about $48,509, a master’s degree is about $48,280, and if you have a Ph.D. degree, average earnings are about $62,275.

Find all Civil Engineering Jobs

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

No related posts.