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Civil Engineer Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of civil engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$57,540
25th Percentile Wage
$68,890
50th Percentile Wage
$85,920
75th Percentile Wage
$110,210
90th Percentile Wage
$133,210

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $133,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $85,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,540.

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
$85,920
7.81% 1.72%
2021
$79,210
-7.50% -
2020
$85,150
0.55% -
2019
$84,680
-7.98% -
2018
$91,440
9.27% -
2017
$82,960
3.06% -
2016
$80,420
4.61% -
2015
$76,710
-7.14% -
2014
$82,190
-2.64% -
2013
$84,360
-0.09% -
2012
$84,440
- -

Table 2. Compare Civil Engineer Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $85,920 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Beaumont-Port Arthur and 28.8 percent (28.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Abilene.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$94,570
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$92,090
Fort Worth-Arlington
$87,750
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$87,390
Corpus Christi
$86,510
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$85,920
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$85,210
Midland
$81,530
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$81,070
College Station-Bryan
$80,610
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$77,080
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$76,600
Victoria
$75,670
Longview
$75,450
Tyler
$74,090
Odessa
$73,420
San Angelo
$72,590
Texarkana-Texarkana
$70,860
Laredo
$69,510
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$67,790
Waco
$67,660
El Paso
$67,270
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$67,200
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$67,040
Lubbock
$65,460
Sherman-Denison
$64,600
Brownsville-Harlingen
$64,220
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$63,960
Amarillo
$62,610
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$62,400
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$62,400
Wichita Falls
$62,300
Abilene
$61,210

See also: Top paying jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas.