Civil Engineering: earnings by state

What Civil Engineering graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Civil Engineering typically earn most 4 years out in California ($102,971) and least in Alabama ($84,703). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama$85k
Alaska—
Arizona$96k
Arkansas—
California$103k
Colorado$100k
Connecticut$94k
Delaware—
District of Columbia—
Florida$91k
Georgia$90k
Hawaii—
Idaho—
Illinois$91k
Indiana$91k
Iowa—
Kansas—
Kentucky$87k
Louisiana$87k
Maine—
Maryland—
Massachusetts$96k
Michigan$90k
Minnesota$85k
Mississippi—
Missouri$91k
Montana—
Nebraska—
Nevada—
New Hampshire—
New Jersey$94k
New Mexico—
New York$97k
North Carolina$89k
North Dakota—
Ohio$87k
Oklahoma—
Oregon$96k
Pennsylvania$87k
Rhode Island—
South Carolina$90k
South Dakota—
Tennessee$87k
Texas$92k
Utah$91k
Vermont—
Virginia$95k
Washington$96k
West Virginia—
Wisconsin$94k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
California$102,97121
Colorado$100,1364
New York$96,79912
Oregon$96,0785
Washington$96,0386
Arizona$95,8473
Massachusetts$95,5159
Virginia$94,6755
Connecticut$94,3978
Wisconsin$94,1915
New Jersey$94,0475
Texas$91,84314
Utah$91,4043
Illinois$91,1776
Florida$91,0629
Indiana$90,7787
Missouri$90,6224
South Carolina$90,3853
Georgia$90,3044
Michigan$90,2256
North Carolina$89,4623
Pennsylvania$87,43714
Louisiana$87,1266
Ohio$87,02415
Tennessee$86,9595
Kentucky$86,6613
Minnesota$85,3773
Alabama$84,7035

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