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Civil Engineer Salary in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina

The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineers in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 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 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$63,080
25th Percentile Wage
$74,560
50th Percentile Wage
$81,290
75th Percentile Wage
$103,370
90th Percentile Wage
$130,870

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $130,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,080.

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
$81,290
2.35% 5.73%
2021
$79,380
-4.37% -
2020
$82,850
2.58% -
2019
$80,710
-0.36% -
2018
$81,000
1.16% -
2017
$80,060
1.91% -
2016
$78,530
6.18% -
2015
$73,680
1.34% -
2014
$72,690
-10.00% -
2013
$79,960
4.16% -
2012
$76,630
- -

Table 2. Compare Civil Engineer Salary in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill with Other South Carolina Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,290 in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is 21.1 percent (21.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Augusta-Richmond County and 26.6 percent (26.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Augusta-Richmond County
$103,050
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville
$81,690
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
$81,290
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$79,790
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley
$78,930
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort
$78,740
Spartanburg
$78,190
Columbia
$76,750
Florence
$76,610
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$74,570
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$71,010
Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$70,110
Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$69,250
Anderson
$63,140
Sumter
$62,830
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway
$59,630

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