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Civil Engineer Salary in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineers in Portsmouth is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Civil Engineers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$63,060
25th Percentile Wage
$78,010
50th Percentile Wage
$82,560
75th Percentile Wage
$103,740
90th Percentile Wage
$127,470

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,060.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$82,560
1.61% 5.85%
2021
$81,230
-4.74% -
2020
$85,080
-1.63% -
2019
$86,470
3.53% -
2018
$83,420
2.46% -
2017
$81,370
9.07% -
2016
$73,990
7.58% -
2015
$68,380
-6.42% -
2014
$72,770
2.13% -
2013
$71,220
-9.14% -
2012
$77,730
- -

Table 2. Compare Civil Engineer Salary in Portsmouth with Other New Hampshire Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $82,560 in Portsmouth is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of New Hampshire. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Portsmouth is 6.3 percent (6.3%) lower than that in the highest paying West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area and 13.3 percent (13.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$88,120
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$85,450
Rochester-Dover
$84,540
Portsmouth
$82,560
Dover-Durham
$81,920
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$81,400
Manchester
$80,050
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury
$80,020
Nashua
$79,230
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem
$79,140
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$78,590
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$72,590
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford
$71,620

See also: Top paying jobs in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.