The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of civil engineers in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $63,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,550 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $97,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $123,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $123,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,550. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $78,550 | 0.62% | 2.02% |
| 2021 | $78,060 | -6.82% | - |
| 2020 | $83,380 | 5.67% | - |
| 2019 | $78,650 | 0.47% | - |
| 2018 | $78,280 | 0.03% | - |
| 2017 | $78,260 | 1.66% | - |
| 2016 | $76,960 | 0.82% | - |
| 2015 | $76,330 | -0.83% | - |
| 2012 | $76,960 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,550 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 23.0 percent (23.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 13.4 percent (13.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.