Yearly Monthly Biweekly Weekly Hourly
Average base salary, Hawaii
$66,500 / year
≈ $5,550 per month · $31.97 per hour
Location United States (national) Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Or metro area Metro area… Akron, OH Alaska nonmetropolitan area Albany, GA Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Albuquerque, NM Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Altoona, PA Amarillo, TX Ames, IA Anchorage, AK Ann Arbor, MI Appleton, WI Arizona nonmetropolitan area Asheville, NC Athens-Clarke County, GA Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Auburn-Opelika, AL Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Bakersfield-Delano, CA Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Bangor, ME Baton Rouge, LA Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Bellingham, WA Bend, OR Billings, MT Birmingham, AL Bismarck, ND Boise City, ID Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Boulder, CO Bowling Green, KY Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Burlington-South Burlington, VT Canton-Massillon, OH Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Cedar Rapids, IA Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Champaign-Urbana, IL Charleston, WV Charleston-North Charleston, SC Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Charlottesville, VA Chattanooga, TN-GA Cheyenne, WY Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Clarksville, TN-KY Cleveland, OH Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area College Station-Bryan, TX Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, MO Columbia, SC Columbus, GA-AL Columbus, OH Corpus Christi, TX Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dalton, GA Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Decatur, AL Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Dothan, AL Dover, DE Dubuque, IA Duluth, MN-WI Durham-Chapel Hill, NC East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area East Georgia nonmetropolitan area East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Eau Claire, WI El Paso, TX Elizabethtown, KY Eugene-Springfield, OR Evansville, IN Fairbanks-College, AK Fargo, ND-MN Farmington, NM Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Florence, SC Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Fond du Lac, WI Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Fort Wayne, IN Fresno, CA Gainesville, FL Gainesville, GA Grand Forks, ND-MN Grand Junction, CO Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Greeley, CO Green Bay, WI Greensboro-High Point, NC Greenville, NC Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Hattiesburg, MS Helena, MT Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Huntsville, AL Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Iowa City, IA Jackson, MI Jackson, MS Jackson, TN Jacksonville, FL Jefferson City, MO Johnson City, TN Johnstown, PA Joplin, MO-KS Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Kansas City, MO-KS Kansas nonmetropolitan area Kennewick-Richland, WA Killeen-Temple, TX Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Knoxville, TN Lafayette, LA Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Lansing-East Lansing, MI Laredo, TX Las Cruces, NM Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Lexington-Fayette, KY Lincoln, NE Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Lubbock, TX Macon-Bibb County, GA Madison, WI Manchester-Nashua, NH Manhattan, KS Mankato, MN Maryland nonmetropolitan area McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Medford, OR Memphis, TN-MS-AR Merced, CA Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Missoula, MT Mobile, AL Modesto, CA Montgomery, AL Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Napa, CA Naples-Marco Island, FL Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN New Haven, CT New Orleans-Metairie, LA New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area North Georgia nonmetropolitan area North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Ogden, UT Oklahoma City, OK Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Omaha, NE-IA Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Paducah, KY-IL Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Peoria, IL Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Pocatello, ID Port St. Lucie, FL Portland-South Portland, ME Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Pueblo, CO Punta Gorda, FL Raleigh-Cary, NC Rapid City, SD Reading, PA Redding, CA Reno, NV Richmond, VA Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Roanoke, VA Rochester, MN Rochester, NY Rockford, IL Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Saginaw, MI Salem, OR Salinas, CA Salt Lake City-Murray, UT San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Santa Fe, NM Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Savannah, GA Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Sioux Falls, SD-MN South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area South Georgia nonmetropolitan area South Illinois nonmetropolitan area Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area Spartanburg, SC Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Springfield, IL Springfield, MO St. Cloud, MN St. Louis, MO-IL State College, PA Stockton-Lodi, CA Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area Syracuse, NY Tallahassee, FL Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Toledo, OH Topeka, KS Traverse City, MI Trenton-Princeton, NJ Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Tuscaloosa, AL Tyler, TX Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area Urban Honolulu, HI Utica-Rome, NY Valdosta, GA Vallejo, CA Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Visalia, CA Warner Robins, GA Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Waterbury-Shelton, CT Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Western Washington nonmetropolitan area Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Wheeling, WV-OH Wichita, KS Wilmington, NC Winston-Salem, NC Worcester, MA Yakima, WA York-Hanover, PA Youngstown-Warren, OH Yuba City, CA Yuma, AZ
BLS May 2025 state data for Hawaii · median $66,500
25th percentile$54,000 Average$66,500 75th percentile$75,000
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary by state
What Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicianss do
Typical education: Post-Secondary Certificate
Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities, using calculator or computer.
Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.
Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects to ensure conformance to specifications.
Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.
Top skills: Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Active Listening Mathematics Speaking Writing
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Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay by experience level
Entry level $46,000
Typical starting pay (about the 10th percentile)
Early career $53,500
A few years in (about the 25th percentile)
Experienced $67,000
Mid-career median pay
Senior $83,500
Seasoned professionals (about the 75th percentile)
Top earners $102,500
Highest earners (about the 90th percentile)
Experience tiers are derived from the BLS wage percentile distribution for this occupation, aged to 2026. Actual pay varies by employer, location, and specialization.
Job outlook
+2.1%
projected change in jobs, 2024–2034
5,500
projected openings per year
Growing slower than average
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (2024–2034). Openings include growth and replacement needs.
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary by industry
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
36,310 workers
$71,000
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
35,380 workers
$71,000
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Schools and Hospitals and USPS
27,990 workers
$72,000
State Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
15,050 workers
$66,500
Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
12,870 workers
$79,000
Construction of Buildings
1,270 workers
$68,000
Nonresidential Building Construction
1,230 workers
$69,000
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
640 workers
$67,000
Utilities
460 workers
$81,500
Specialty Trade Contractors
430 workers
$67,500
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians pays 34% below the average across 59 roles in the Architecture and Engineering job family (family average $108,000).
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Frequently asked questions
How much does a Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians make?
The average base salary for a Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the United States is $71,500 per year, or about $34.38 per hour.
What is the typical salary range?
Pay typically falls between $53,500 and $83,500 per year (25th to 75th percentile) depending on experience, location, industry, and organization size.
How does this compare with other Architecture and Engineering roles?
The Architecture and Engineering job family averages $108,000 across 59 roles tracked by WePayFairly.
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