This page contains key outcome data for the Civil Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $67,000 (Rank: 27 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $48,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.40% (Rank: 64 of 171)
- Percent Female: 23.9%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 29.9%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 3.5%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 4.4%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 35 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.12 (Rank: 34 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Civil Engineers: 35.00% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Engineers, : 10.29% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Constructions Managers: 7.43% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 4.37% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Designers: 2.49% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.71%
- Cost Estimators: 1.57% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Construction and Building Inspectors: 1.47% (Average Income: $64,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: 1.29% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Environmental Engineers: 1.29% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 0.98% (Average Income: $31,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 0.95% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Drafters: 0.95% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 0.93% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 0.80% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 0.78% (Average Income: $64,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 0.73% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 0.64% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Management Analysts: 0.61% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Chief executives and legislators/public administration: 0.60% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Construction Laborers: 0.59% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 0.58% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 0.58% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 0.56% (Average Income: $23,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 0.54% (Average Income: $96,000)
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