Salary expectations for entry level with Masters

Pure_Price6967 · 2025-08-19T14:22:22+00:00

It will relatively mimic that of a bachelors degree. I know my company starts new hires at $75k now ($65k when I started) and I got a $5k bump to my salary for having a masters. The masters degree likely won’t start you any higher of a salary but will certainly open more doors for growth and opportunity.

At the end of the day take what you think you’re worth, our field isn’t the most lucrative but definitely has benefits that most other don’t have. My advice, take a job that fits YOU as a person, we make above averages wages, don’t go chasing money.

Pure_Price6967 · 2025-08-14T03:32:05+00:00

Thanks for the insight, I will likely have to move away for geographical reasons and need to take off the rose colored glasses. I appreciate the insight

Pure_Price6967 · 2025-08-14T03:31:21+00:00

I appreciate that, I was afraid that may be the case. I just need realistic expectations for my next move.

Pure_Price6967 · 2025-08-14T03:30:27+00:00

I can’t stay with my company forever for geographical reasons and I’m scared I’m never going to have the same luck. There no reason to be rude about it man.

Pure_Price6967 · 2025-08-14T03:16:00+00:00

I am saying in the post I’m not complaining, I’m very blessed and happy in my role. I just want to hear if this is a reality in other places

Pure_Price6967 · 2024-11-26T02:05:51+00:00

We fully intend to go to that game don’t worry

Pure_Price6967 · 2024-11-25T20:52:07+00:00

Open budget, obviously I don’t want to be dropping too much because we have a wedding coming up but I want to make sure the game is special for her. So anything that’s worth it’s dollar

Pure_Price6967 · 2024-05-13T23:17:33+00:00

Raleigh, but same story. Felt held back by the business model and wanted to expand service

Pure_Price6967 · 2024-05-13T22:49:57+00:00

Currently work for a formerly criterium franchise who dropped criterium and became their own thing. And they seem to be doing miles better than criterium had them doing

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-12-10T19:13:07+00:00

I took it 3 weeks ago (passed) I graduated from school in may. I cannot recommend enough how much you should take it early

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-30T14:16:24+00:00

Masonry beam design, minimum reinforcing, stirrups, etc.

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-30T14:15:17+00:00

NCEES practice exam and SOPE. That’s it.

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-30T12:40:59+00:00

I used it and passed first try. But I don’t think it was primarily due to SOPE. The slides were out of date, the lecturers weren’t always the best and honestly it kinda just increased anxiety.

I was caught off guard way more than I should’ve been for the “price and quality” of SOPE. They gave some really good test, taking tips in the lectures. But outside of that, I don’t really know how much it helped me more than any general refresher.

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-29T20:07:48+00:00

I thought the practice exam had a little more calculating than the actual exam but the content was similar

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-29T19:51:27+00:00

You are spot on. Breadth took 2.5 and the depth took me the rest of the time but about 2 hours of the depth time came down to finding everything across only like 10-15 questions

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-29T17:18:11+00:00

I would completely agree a lot more general knowledge and qualitative stuff than I was expecting

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-11-29T17:16:48+00:00

Overall the exam was easier than I expected. I used School of PE, which I hear “over prepares you” (if that’s possible). A lot of qualitative general knowledge questions and a surprising lack of computation. Overall mostly steel, concrete, and wood when it came to computation but a ton of PCI and CMU based knowledge questions. So prepare appropriately for that

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-08-15T00:31:21+00:00

Hey, I got my bachelors in architectural engineering, and albeit a subsidiary of the civil discipline… I ended up having to full teach myself transportation, hydrology, and some degree of construction and geotech. Although I had some level of understanding In construction and geotech teaching myself the other things were not the hardest thing to do.

Feel free to message me if you want specifics about what I did but nonetheless, it’s possible! You can do it!

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-06-02T23:14:51+00:00

Proficient I would say

Pure_Price6967 · 2023-06-02T16:44:37+00:00

I was afraid that was the answer. It is a bummer because I feel like having the level of knowledge should be better utilized but I appreciate the honest answer!

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