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Civil Engineers

SOC 17-2051

Design and oversee roads, bridges, water systems, and buildings.

The job
Median pay
$101k
$80k to $130k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+6.4% projected
Openings a year
23k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
40/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
74th pct
More exposed than 74% of occupations · modeled estimate · 71st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
65/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California55,1803.01.3×$123k
Texas34,8702.51.1×$97k
Florida23,7502.41.0×$99k
New York17,5001.80.8×$104k
Pennsylvania15,8702.61.1×$98k
Illinois13,9102.31.0×$100k
Colorado13,2904.61.9×$101k
North Carolina12,8102.61.1×$101k
Washington12,5903.51.5×$110k
Virginia11,3502.81.2×$97k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Ohio10,5601.90.8×$96k
Massachusetts9,4502.61.1×$107k
Georgia9,4001.90.8×$84k
Michigan7,7601.80.7×$92k
Wisconsin7,4102.51.1×$95k
South Carolina7,1803.11.3×$102k
New Jersey6,9001.60.7×$105k
Arizona5,9401.80.8×$90k
Tennessee5,7901.80.8×$96k
Missouri5,7602.00.8×$93k
Utah5,6703.31.4×$97k
Alabama5,3702.51.1×$99k
Maryland5,2401.90.8×$101k
Oregon4,8902.51.1×$105k
Minnesota4,7101.60.7×$101k
Connecticut4,3702.61.1×$103k
Indiana4,0301.30.5×$98k
Louisiana3,7802.00.8×$105k
Nevada3,5602.31.0×$104k
Kansas2,8802.00.8×$97k
Kentucky2,6901.30.6×$101k
Hawaii2,6404.21.8×$94k
Idaho2,6303.11.3×$98k
Iowa2,5001.60.7×$96k
Nebraska2,3602.31.0×$103k
Oklahoma2,1801.30.5×$99k
Arkansas1,8701.40.6×$85k
Montana1,8703.71.6×$93k
Mississippi1,7701.50.6×$100k
Alaska1,6705.12.2×$115k
Washington DC1,6502.41.0×$104k
New Hampshire1,6202.41.0×$99k
South Dakota1,4403.11.3×$99k
North Dakota1,3803.21.4×$98k
New Mexico1,3501.50.7×$104k
West Virginia1,3001.90.8×$87k
Rhode Island1,2702.51.1×$99k
Maine1,2401.90.8×$98k
Wyoming9903.51.5×$91k
Delaware9201.90.8×$100k
Vermont7702.51.1×$96k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA16,340 jobs · $109k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ15,590 jobs · $107k median
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX12,140 jobs · $101k median
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,990 jobs · $130k median
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9,760 jobs · $100k median
  6. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO9,130 jobs · $105k median
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV8,470 jobs · $102k median
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX8,010 jobs · $97k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.