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Civil Engineer Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineers in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$58,490
25th Percentile Wage
$71,220
50th Percentile Wage
$93,620
75th Percentile Wage
$120,440
90th Percentile Wage
$147,290

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $147,290. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $93,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $58,490.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$93,620
1.74% 5.80%
2016
$91,990
6.60% -
2015
$85,920
-0.36% -
2014
$86,230
-3.66% -
2013
$89,390
1.34% -
2012
$88,190
- -

Table 2. Compare Civil Engineer Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $93,620 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Nassau-Suffolk is 8.2 percent (8.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 27.3 percent (27.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$102,010
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$101,100
Elmira
$97,750
Nassau-Suffolk
$93,620
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$89,760
Syracuse
$84,710
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$83,660
Ithaca
$82,580
Kingston
$81,940
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$81,130
Rochester
$80,550
Utica-Rome
$79,020
Binghamton
$79,010
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$78,940
Watertown-Fort Drum
$78,550
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$77,600
Glens Falls
$76,630
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$76,430
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$75,900
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$68,060