Pay distribution $75,580 10th $86,530 25th $142,760 75th $167,060 90th
Half of Civil Engineers in the Salinas metro area earn more than $122,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $86,530 and $142,760.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $75,580 $86,530 $122,160 $142,760 $167,060 Hourly $36.34 $41.60 $58.73 $68.64 $80.32
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Salinas metro areathis metro area
$122,160 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $86,530 to $142,760
$122,500 median for California; middle half earns $96,590 to $149,350
$100,840 median for United States; middle half earns $79,930 to $129,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs California overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $47,070 $74,807 $102,543 $130,280 Mayaguez, PR — $47,070 Ponce, PR — $51,470 Aguadilla, PR — $58,260 Arecibo, PR — $60,950 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $61,580 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $70,250 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $72,720 Abilene, TX — $73,550 San Angelo, TX — $74,970 Waco, TX — $75,120 Goldsboro, NC — $75,620 Albany, GA — $75,890 Amarillo, TX — $75,910 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $76,180 Laredo, TX — $76,620 Wichita Falls, TX — $76,640 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $76,650 Johnstown, PA — $77,550 Columbus, GA-AL — $77,600 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $77,720 Gainesville, GA — $77,950 Jefferson City, MO — $77,980 Lewiston, ID-WA — $78,090 Victoria, TX — $78,510 Odessa, TX — $78,660 Harrisonburg, VA — $78,770 Gadsden, AL — $78,830 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $79,070 El Paso, TX — $79,090 Valdosta, GA — $79,160 Joplin, MO-KS — $79,220 Erie, PA — $79,370 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $79,370 Spartanburg, SC — $79,400 Lebanon, PA — $80,550 Logan, UT-ID — $80,710 Texarkana, TX-AR — $80,780 Great Falls, MT — $80,980 Ocala, FL — $81,080 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $81,190 Saginaw, MI — $81,190 Tucson, AZ — $81,490 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $81,840 Lubbock, TX — $81,840 Jonesboro, AR — $81,960 College Station-Bryan, TX — $82,020 Warner Robins, GA — $82,080 Flint, MI — $82,100 Johnson City, TN — $82,470 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $82,760 Springfield, MO — $82,800 Fond du Lac, WI — $82,870 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $82,960 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $83,030 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $83,420 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $83,510 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $83,620 Lawton, OK — $83,650 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $83,750 Columbia, MO — $83,950 Winston-Salem, NC — $84,170 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $84,180 Wichita, KS — $84,310 Missoula, MT — $84,420 Wheeling, WV-OH — $84,440 Mansfield, OH — $84,700 Bozeman, MT — $84,730 Tyler, TX — $84,960 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $84,990 Bangor, ME — $85,300 Rocky Mount, NC — $85,490 Bay City, MI — $85,690 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $85,740 Wausau, WI — $85,790 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $86,170 Hinesville, GA — $86,790 Longview, TX — $87,090 Sherman-Denison, TX — $87,360 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $87,380 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $87,510 Beckley, WV — $87,520 Las Cruces, NM — $87,600 Salisbury, MD — $87,710 Evansville, IN — $87,900 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $87,960 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $88,000 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $88,290 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $88,460 Cheyenne, WY — $88,790 Fort Wayne, IN — $88,920 Hattiesburg, MS — $88,980 Charlottesville, VA — $89,250 Morgantown, WV — $89,560 Pocatello, ID — $89,610 Jacksonville, NC — $90,070 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $90,120 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $90,150 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $90,330 Roanoke, VA — $90,720 Tallahassee, FL — $90,840 Grand Island, NE — $90,910 Richmond, VA — $91,300 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $91,320 Elmira, NY — $91,370 Utica-Rome, NY — $91,370 Owensboro, KY — $91,430 Williamsport, PA — $91,770 St. George, UT — $91,850 Glens Falls, NY — $92,160 Tuscaloosa, AL — $92,230 Dothan, AL — $92,280 Alexandria, LA — $92,290 Canton-Massillon, OH — $92,360 Grand Junction, CO — $92,450 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $92,470 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $92,550 Chambersburg, PA — $92,580 Appleton, WI — $92,590 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $92,600 Niles, MI — $92,620 Greeley, CO — $92,680 Killeen-Temple, TX — $92,830 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $92,950 Iowa City, IA — $93,020 Jackson, TN — $93,070 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $93,140 Albany, OR — $93,280 Eau Claire, WI — $93,280 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $93,460 Green Bay, WI — $93,660 Altoona, PA — $93,680 Topeka, KS — $93,740 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $93,830 Terre Haute, IN — $93,910 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $93,940 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $93,980 Sumter, SC — $94,110 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $94,200 Traverse City, MI — $94,280 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $94,340 Yuma, AZ — $94,370 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $94,390 Greenville, NC — $94,410 Akron, OH — $94,450 Wilmington, NC — $94,450 Columbia, SC — $94,520 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $94,520 Medford, OR — $94,560 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $94,600 Urban Honolulu, HI — $94,600 Florence, SC — $94,630 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $94,680 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $94,720 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $94,720 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $94,790 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $94,800 Charleston, WV — $94,810 Colorado Springs, CO — $94,840 Rockford, IL — $94,850 York-Hanover, PA — $95,040 Kenosha, WI — $95,090 Peoria, IL — $95,140 Corpus Christi, TX — $95,160 Carson City, NV — $95,260 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $95,270 Midland, TX — $95,480 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $95,510 Fargo, ND-MN — $95,530 Cedar Rapids, IA — $95,540 Lincoln, NE — $95,560 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $95,630 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $95,730 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $95,800 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $95,870 Battle Creek, MI — $96,020 Manhattan, KS — $96,030 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $96,040 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $96,060 Fayetteville, NC — $96,080 Lynchburg, VA — $96,100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $96,100 State College, PA — $96,110 St. Cloud, MN — $96,120 Decatur, IL — $96,170 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $96,180 Cleveland, OH — $96,190 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $96,190 Ogden, UT — $96,240 Bowling Green, KY — $96,260 Toledo, OH — $96,300 Knoxville, TN — $96,320 Sheboygan, WI — $96,580 Monroe, MI — $96,610 Barnstable Town, MA — $96,680 Midland, MI — $96,730 St. Louis, MO-IL — $96,830 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $96,860 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $96,920 Clarksville, TN-KY — $96,930 Billings, MT — $97,010 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $97,060 Bloomington, IL — $97,070 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $97,180 Lawrence, KS — $97,220 Twin Falls, ID — $97,220 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $97,290 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $97,330 Lafayette, LA — $97,410 Birmingham, AL — $97,420 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $97,430 Farmington, NM — $97,470 Montgomery, AL — $97,470 Lake Charles, LA — $97,490 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $97,530 Ithaca, NY — $97,550 Ann Arbor, MI — $97,570 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $97,620 Gainesville, FL — $97,710 Idaho Falls, ID — $97,710 Lancaster, PA — $97,780 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $98,180 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $98,220 Bismarck, ND — $98,270 Lexington Park, MD — $98,390 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $98,400 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $98,550 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $98,650 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $98,710 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $98,740 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $98,760 Casper, WY — $98,800 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $98,800 Duluth, MN-WI — $98,830 Kansas City, MO-KS — $98,860 Reading, PA — $98,890 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $98,910 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $98,940 Savannah, GA — $98,950 Oklahoma City, OK — $98,960 Lima, OH — $98,990 Columbus, OH — $99,010 Madison, WI — $99,010 Monroe, LA — $99,180 Dubuque, IA — $99,210 Port St. Lucie, FL — $99,220 Punta Gorda, FL — $99,230 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $99,300 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $99,310 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $99,330 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $99,360 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $99,410 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $99,420 Minot, ND — $99,460 Rochester, NY — $99,460 Boise City, ID — $99,510 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $99,590 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $99,620 Dover, DE — $99,640 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $99,700 Dalton, GA — $99,760 Springfield, MA — $99,790 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $99,910 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $100,160 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $100,160 Asheville, NC — $100,170 Jackson, MS — $100,170 Ames, IA — $100,200 Burlington, NC — $100,220 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $100,300 Rapid City, SD — $100,300 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $100,330 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $100,470 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $100,500 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $100,510 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $100,510 Yakima, WA — $100,510 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $100,520 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $100,570 Vineland, NJ — $100,620 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $100,640 Pittsburgh, PA — $100,680 Helena, MT — $100,710 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $100,740 Pittsfield, MA — $100,810 Winchester, VA-WV — $100,920 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $100,950 Paducah, KY-IL — $100,950 Flagstaff, AZ — $100,970 Modesto, CA — $101,000 Sandusky, OH — $101,060 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $101,090 Bend, OR — $101,150 Rochester, MN — $101,200 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $101,300 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $101,440 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $101,530 Worcester, MA — $101,770 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $101,780 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $101,800 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $101,820 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $101,820 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $101,830 Omaha, NE-IA — $102,020 Tulsa, OK — $102,080 Portland-South Portland, ME — $102,240 Jacksonville, FL — $102,280 Syracuse, NY — $102,330 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $102,370 Pueblo, CO — $102,430 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $102,470 Bloomington, IN — $102,600 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $102,650 New Haven, CT — $102,690 Longview-Kelso, WA — $102,750 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $102,830 Merced, CA — $102,930 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $103,010 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $103,090 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $103,350 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $103,430 Decatur, AL — $103,490 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $103,650 Corvallis, OR — $104,150 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $104,710 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $104,740 Visalia, CA — $104,780 Albuquerque, NM — $105,080 Reno, NV — $105,470 Springfield, IL — $105,750 Huntsville, AL — $105,760 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $106,110 Binghamton, NY — $106,140 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $106,280 Jackson, MI — $107,320 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,330 Chico, CA — $107,350 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $107,400 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $107,670 Bellingham, WA — $107,790 Mobile, AL — $107,810 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $107,870 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $108,240 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $108,240 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $108,640 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $108,820 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $108,900 El Centro, CA — $109,490 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $110,210 Santa Fe, NM — $110,470 Kingston, NY — $110,610 Fairbanks-College, AK — $111,080 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $111,740 Baton Rouge, LA — $112,430 Anchorage, AK — $112,740 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $115,120 Salem, OR — $115,480 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $116,210 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $116,480 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $116,990 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $118,050 Fresno, CA — $119,720 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $119,980 Yuba City, CA — $119,990 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $121,370 Salinas, CA — $122,160 Vallejo, CA — $122,510 Walla Walla, WA — $123,030 Napa, CA — $123,440 Redding, CA — $126,000 Mankato, MN — $128,220 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $130,150 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $130,160 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $130,280 Salinas metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Salinas metro area has the 9th-highest published median for this occupation among the 373 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for civil engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Salinas metro areathis page
$122,160 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $86,530 to $142,760
$130,280 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $100,300 to $166,320
$130,160 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $103,030 to $163,150
$130,150 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $100,270 to $159,360
$126,000 median for Redding metro area; middle half earns $98,570 to $149,350
$123,440 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $92,410 to $160,570
$122,510 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $98,710 to $135,700
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .