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Civil Engineering
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Civil Engineering. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Civil Engineering, and those who get either a masters
in Civil Engineering, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Civil Engineering some students with a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Civil Engineering.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Civil Engineering Salaries.
Histogram of Civil Engineering Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Civil Engineering who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Civil Engineering Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Civil Engineering while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Civil Engineering.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$50,566 1141 63.14 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$65,814 251 13.89 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$49,093 71 3.93 Engineers: Environmental
$49,990 34 1.88 OTHER management related occupations
$58,437 30 1.66 Other engineers
$58,530 29 1.60 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$45,134 26 1.44 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$56,929 20 1.11 Engineers: Mechanical
$41,118 13 .72 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$41,827 11 .61 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
$32,244 10 .55 Surveyors
$33,148 10 .55 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$50,286 10 .55 Engineers: Sales
$53,648 9 .50 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
$38,285 8 .44 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$47,302 8 .44 Engineers: Mining or geological
$28,914 8 .44 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$80,400 7 .39 Transportation/material moving occupations
$47,857 7 .39 Computer system analysts
$38,870 7 .39 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$37,597 6 .33 Surveying and mapping
$38,247 6 .33 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$44,800 6 .33 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$43,640 5 .28 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$40,032 5 .28 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$34,392 5 .28 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$65,620 5 .28 Engineers: Nuclear
$33,153 4 .22 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$42,820 4 .22 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103)
$49,888 4 .22 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$33,510 4 .22 Mechanics and repairers
$52,833 3 .17 Engineers: Industrial
$47,667 3 .17 Computer engineer - software
$88,333 3 .17 Engineers: Petroleum
$28,333 3 .17 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$40,806 3 .17 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$33,070 2 .11 OTHER health occupations
$65,541 2 .11 Engineers: Chemical
$31,112 2 .11 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$57,700 2 .11 Computer engineer - hardware
$32,240 2 .11 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$56,193 2 .11 Geologists, including earth scientists
$19,700 2 .11 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen
$34,500 2 .11 Professors: Engineering
$35,900 2 .11 OTHER service occupations, except health
$43,939 2 .11 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$33,280 1 .06 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing
$57,200 1 .06 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$35,360 1 .06 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$31,200 1 .06 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$29,120 1 .06 Computer scientists, except system analysts
$45,000 1 .06 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$24,264 1 .06 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$46,000 1 .06 Engineers: Agricultural
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Civil Engineering.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$56,297 402 63.91 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$69,677 95 15.10 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$56,822 30 4.77 Engineers: Environmental
$57,432 12 1.91 Engineers: Mechanical
$59,136 8 1.27 Other engineers
$61,544 8 1.27 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$67,312 7 1.11 OTHER management related occupations
$50,519 5 .79 Geologists, including earth scientists
$58,750 4 .64 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$54,539 4 .64 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$42,482 4 .64 Professors: Engineering
$33,870 4 .64 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$74,560 4 .64 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$34,533 3 .48 Transportation/material moving occupations
$42,147 3 .48 Engineers: Chemical
$53,900 3 .48 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$79,121 3 .48 Computer engineer - software
$90,947 3 .48 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$60,287 2 .32 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
$45,800 2 .32 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$50,000 2 .32 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$52,000 2 .32 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$70,000 1 .16 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103)
$72,000 1 .16 Chemists, except biochemists
$60,000 1 .16 Engineers: Petroleum
$84,000 1 .16 OTHER physical scientists
$150,000 1 .16 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$23,140 1 .16 Mechanics and repairers
$52,000 1 .16 OTHER health occupations
$52,000 1 .16 Engineers: Nuclear
$44,300 1 .16 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$43,014 1 .16 Engineers: Mining or geological
$36,500 1 .16 OTHER postsecondary
$32,400 1 .16 Professors: Trade and Industrial
$32,268 1 .16 Statisticians
$31,200 1 .16 Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
$30,000 1 .16 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$30,000 1 .16 OTHER service occupations, except health
$30,000 1 .16 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$28,995 1 .16 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$24,000 1 .16 Surveying and mapping
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Civil Engineering.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$63,656 47 46.08 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$72,488 25 24.51 Professors: Engineering
$76,811 6 5.88 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$74,529 4 3.92 Engineers: Environmental
$46,007 3 2.94 Engineers: Mechanical
$150,000 1 .98 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$120,000 1 .98 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$104,000 1 .98 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$100,000 1 .98 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$95,000 1 .98 Other engineers
$92,000 1 .98 Atmospheric and space scientists
$82,320 1 .98 Geologists, including earth scientists
$36,000 1 .98 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$71,000 1 .98 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
$70,000 1 .98 Computer scientists, except system analysts
$65,000 1 .98 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$65,000 1 .98 Professors: Business Commerce and Marketing
$58,000 1 .98 Information systems scientists or analysts
$56,160 1 .98 Computer engineer - software
$50,000 1 .98 Professors: Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science
$47,600 1 .98 OTHER postsecondary
$44,200 1 .98 OTHER management related occupations
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Civil Engineering
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$58,716 480 61.22 Engineering: Civil
$62,886 83 10.59 Business administration and management
$58,457 67 8.55 Engineering: Environmental
$62,950 17 2.17 OTHER engineering
$58,515 14 1.79 Financial management
$73,113 12 1.53 Engineering: Mechanical
$65,764 11 1.40 Public administration
$55,596 10 1.28 OTHER business management/administrative services
$64,220 10 1.28 Business, general
$82,767 6 .77 Business/managerial economics
$55,966 6 .77 Computer science
$56,100 6 .77 Engineering sciences, mechanics, physics
$52,154 6 .77 Architecture/Environmental Design
$46,840 4 .51 Engineering: Architectural
$67,550 4 .51 Engineering: Industrial
$41,717 3 .38 OTHER engineering-related technologies
$58,581 3 .38 Engineering: Materials, including ceramics and textiles
$74,000 2 .26 Operations research
$36,550 2 .26 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$74,338 2 .26 Engineering: Naval architecture and marine
$40,300 2 .26 Education: Administration
$62,400 2 .26 Engineering: General
$107,500 2 .26 Business marketing/marketing management
$43,188 2 .26 Engineering: Aerospace, aeronautical, astronautical
$97,500 2 .26 International relations
$57,987 2 .26 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$45,000 2 .26 Political science and government
$56,000 2 .26 OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
$75,000 1 .13 Mathematics: Applied
$75,000 1 .13 Mechanical engineering-related technologies
$143,000 1 .13 Engineering: Agricultural
$150,000 1 .13 Information services and systems
$84,000 1 .13 Engineering: Bioengineering and biomedical
$88,000 1 .13 OTHER computer and information sciences
$24,960 1 .13 Earth sciences
$72,000 1 .13 Engineering: Chemical
$65,000 1 .13 OTHER public affairs
$60,000 1 .13 Education: OTHER education
$60,000 1 .13 OTHER conservation/renewable natural resources
$60,000 1 .13 Ecology
$57,200 1 .13 History, other
$56,000 1 .13 Forestry sciences (Except management)
$44,000 1 .13 Geological sciences, other
$42,000 1 .13 Computer systems analysis
$41,000 1 .13 Education: Mathematics teacher education
$37,300 1 .13 Environmental science studies
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Civil Engineering
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$70,203 80 67.23 Engineering: Civil
$70,084 9 7.56 Engineering: Environmental
$71,700 5 4.20 Engineering sciences, mechanics, physics
$64,740 5 4.20 Engineering: Mechanical
$59,333 3 2.52 Mechanical engineering-related technologies
$95,000 2 1.68 Engineering: Computer/systems
$94,880 2 1.68 Mathematics: Applied
$56,950 2 1.68 OTHER engineering
$101,800 1 .84 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$77,000 1 .84 OTHER agricultural sciences
$75,000 1 .84 Operations research
$73,600 1 .84 International relations
$30,000 1 .84 Anthropology and archeology
$65,000 1 .84 Financial management
$54,000 1 .84 Engineering: Naval architecture and marine
$51,000 1 .84 Education: OTHER education
$50,000 1 .84 Engineering: Materials, including ceramics and textiles
$39,660 1 .84 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$30,000 1 .84 Geography
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Other Professiona Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Civil Engineering
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$75,422 11 50.00 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$82,500 4 18.18 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$110,000 3 13.64 Engineering: Civil
$26,000 1 4.55 OTHER health/medical sciences
$30,000 1 4.55 Health/medical assistants
$48,000 1 4.55 Architecture/Environmental Design
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com