Civil engineer vs structural engineer salary
Structural Engineers earn more at the median — $104,570 vs $99,590, a gap of about $4,980 (5%).
Civil Engineer
Verified$99,590
Median annual wage
- Entry level
- $65,920
- Top earners
- $160,990
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
Civil engineers design and supervise infrastructure projects — roads, bridges, water systems, and buildings.
Civil Engineer salary details →Structural Engineer
Mapped est.$104,570
Median annual wage
- Entry level
- $65,920
- Top earners
- $169,040
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
Structural engineers are civil engineers who specialize in the load-bearing design of buildings, bridges, and other structures — so their pay tracks closely to civil engineering, usually at a modest premium.
Structural Engineer salary details →Source details
Civil engineer is BLS-verified (SOC 17-2051). Structural engineer is a specialty within that same occupation — shown as a mapped estimate, since BLS does not break it out separately.
Benchmarks come from published government wage data via BLS OEWS. Local and emerging-role figures are labeled estimates. Full methodology →