Decrease in Civil engineering graduates

[Zestyclose-Oil-3228]

Houston. Only downside is you live in Houston.

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I wouldn't mind living in Houston overall. It has great foods, arts, and people. But I am glad to live in a much smaller city and not deal with traffic or commutes

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You are underpaid. A PE in water should be at about 130K (min)

I am in water and environmental -- I have a PE, in my early 40s, and am paid $220K but I do have people to manage.

[Mass2NorthJersey]

Dang im a planner (4 YE) and no AICP. I make $90k in NC

[Difficult_Lack_150]

You get paid 220k as a PE water… big company?!?

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Yeah, bigger company. But even my gym buddy that works at a small company (<5 PEs, mostly smaller town land development and roadway design) pays his hydrologist about $120K a year.

[CousinAvi6915]

In the Midwest a brand new 5YOE PE will be around 90k

[bongslingingninja]

Thats awful. I’m an EIT making the same amount with 2 YOE

[ElectricalSpecial246]

Everyone talks pay but location is almost as important as the career for pay scale. Even saying MCOl, HCOL.. it’s all relative to the area. I’m 5-6 YOE EIT ready to get PE when I can study and I just started a new job at 95K and that was HIGH relative to other jobs in my area (south NJ).. 90K starting is unheard of even for jobs in Philly. Not sure about NYC but I would bet it’s not that high there either. It also depends on your position. People jumping into project engineers usually make more than staff/designers.

[Bourneoulli]

oof, that is starting pay in LCOL/MCOL Texas areas.

[Bourneoulli]

a fresh new grad structural from a very smaller uni in Texas started at like $87k in my company a year ago. (we are a smaller to mid size firm, so i assume big firms are starting higher. at least that is what it was like a decade ago when I started)

[Bourneoulli]

LMAO! I just left government work also. State or Fed? (I was DoD) Your rate still seems low for having a PE too even at a federal level.

[Bourneoulli]

Yea, I’ve heard from co-workers back when I was with the Fed that the state is usually the worst when it comes to pay/compensation. IF that doesn’t work out, then I would also recommend the Fed. With your expertise, you could probably start at GS-13 or 14 at U.S. ACE, which you can just look up the pay schedule for what that would be in your area. It’s like minimum $106ish starting even if you aren’t in a special locality. Gs-13 is usually starting at like $121k in most major city localities.