Highest-paying Cities for Civil Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for civil engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of civil engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $125,720, Hot Springs, Arkansas is the highest paying city for civil engineers. It is followed by Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California (average annual salary $125,700). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of civil engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Civil Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hot Springs, Arkansas	$125,720	$59,930	80
2	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$125,700	$75,020	4,610
3	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$118,900	$59,550	60
4	Redding, California	$116,290	$78,340	310
5	Fresno, California	$115,840	$70,600	1,000
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$115,840	$79,510	8,410
7	Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$114,180	$73,690	50
8	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$114,170	$65,870	4,800
9	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$111,640	$78,230	110
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$110,980	$70,770	4,120
11	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$109,670	$77,120	50
12	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$109,160	$54,670	40
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$108,890	$61,710	8,060
14	Yuba City, California	$107,600	$80,370	380
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$107,590	$70,180	2,800
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$107,260	$76,710	2,510
17	Modesto, California	$106,550	$73,950	250
18	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$106,020	$64,420	1,050
19	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$105,700	$75,560	500
20	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$104,600	$78,660	410
21	Decatur, Alabama	$104,100	$60,420	110
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$103,810	$68,020	330
23	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$103,560	$70,180	150
24	Napa, California	$103,500	$77,870	100
25	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$103,290	$75,430	340
26	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$103,250	$72,780	60
27	Anchorage, Alaska	$103,230	$75,120	1,000
28	Walla Walla, Washington	$103,170	$81,520	200
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$103,150	$68,150	12,980
30	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$103,130	$66,790	550
31	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$103,050	$66,370	1,460
32	Stockton, California	$102,970	$70,180	530
33	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$102,810	$67,500	50
34	Hammond nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$102,620	$76,740	30
35	Salem, Oregon	$102,610	$66,190	350
36	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$102,440	$70,180	350
37	Salinas, California	$102,170	$76,860	200
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$102,010	$64,960	1,360
39	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$101,920	$73,750	160
40	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$101,500	$58,740	2,370
41	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$101,100	$63,930	15,000
42	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$100,920	$49,510	90
43	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$100,010	$60,570	980
44	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$99,990	$65,760	4,460
45	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$99,690	$65,730	600
46	Fairbanks, Alaska	$99,530	$70,890	240
47	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$99,280	$61,710	210
48	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$99,090	$64,150	420
49	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$98,970	$60,560	1,060
50	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$98,850	$58,600	600
51	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$98,830	$55,220	270
52	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$98,650	$59,060	2,190
53	Jacksonville, Florida	$98,610	$61,400	1,370
54	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$98,390	$64,430	150
55	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$98,380	$62,870	590
56	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$98,320	$59,810	320
57	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$98,300	$60,620	270
58	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$98,220	$59,970	1,770
59	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$98,130	$74,940	9,080
60	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$97,940	$40,420	720
61	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$97,840	$66,660	6,450
62	Elmira, New York	$97,750	$61,540	50
63	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$97,740	$71,870	240
64	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$97,720	$62,360	410
65	Sioux City, South Dakota	$97,570	$64,120	80
66	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$97,330	$67,570	120
67	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$97,300	$50,750	70
68	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$97,030	$54,080	210
69	The Villages, Florida	$96,980	$61,280	50
70	Joplin, Missouri	$96,940	$59,160	70
71	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$96,920	$58,490	4,400
72	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$96,770	$64,720	9,600
73	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$96,720	$64,830	7,480
74	Gainesville, Florida	$96,680	$59,520	240
75	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$96,640	$57,560	100
76	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$96,540	$59,560	11,280
77	Visalia-Porterville, California	$96,510	$65,430	170
78	Boulder, Colorado	$96,310	$60,670	900
79	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$96,160	$64,480	610
80	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$96,060	$58,990	30
81	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$96,000	$64,660	2,650
82	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$95,990	$65,600	600
83	Framingham, Massachusetts	$95,920	$63,290	630
84	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$95,830	$62,050	960
85	Monroe, Louisiana	$95,490	$51,910	60
86	Ocala, Florida	$95,460	$62,600	130
87	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$95,420	$65,620	7,810
88	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$95,150	$66,210	170
89	Olympia, Washington	$95,010	$71,020	780
90	Lima, Ohio	$94,950	$51,900	70
91	Albany, Oregon	$94,720	$65,110	40
92	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$94,570	$57,600	430
93	Worcester, Massachusetts	$94,530	$63,570	410
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$94,450	$61,770	4,680
95	Farmington, New Mexico	$94,130	$57,920	50
96	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$94,080	$58,760	80
97	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$94,080	$60,050	280
98	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$94,020	$59,540	70
99	Springfield, Illinois	$94,000	$62,700	490
100	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$93,810	$68,230	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for civil engineers.