The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in La Crosse, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage data of civil engineers in La Crosse 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 | $63,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,340 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,430 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $105,040 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $105,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,280.
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 | $79,440 | 2.18% | 15.41% |
| 2021 | $77,710 | 0.24% | - |
| 2020 | $77,520 | 0.46% | - |
| 2019 | $77,160 | 3.85% | - |
| 2018 | $74,190 | 0.04% | - |
| 2017 | $74,160 | 1.24% | - |
| 2016 | $73,240 | -1.53% | - |
| 2015 | $74,360 | 1.39% | - |
| 2014 | $73,330 | 8.26% | - |
| 2013 | $67,270 | 0.10% | - |
| 2012 | $67,200 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,440 in La Crosse is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of Wisconsin. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in La Crosse is 17.2 percent (17.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 5.1 percent (5.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.