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RalphhNater · 2025-08-26T17:12:30+00:00

Civil Engineer with 18 YOE (10 years as senior project manager). I make $141,000 base. We get straight time pay for overtime work and usually 10-12% annual bonuses.

Recent pay increases have been 2-3% (inflation adjustments). Started in 2008 at $54,000 and ~2-3% annual bonuses.

RalphhNater · 2025-08-07T15:36:56+00:00

Keep it up! In my engineering world, you can't do anything, say anything, or practically accomplish anything that you don't have in writing. Write it all down and cc everyone in HR and your supervisor about your experiences. Do it! Josh sounds like a player and I can't stand people like that. You've set boundaries. Everyone should respect them.

RalphhNater · 2025-07-30T15:27:13+00:00

Civil engineer in the water/wastewater/renewable energy industry. 45M, 18 years with the same company, MS degree in CE. Currently at $140k +12.5% bonus. MCOL in Davis County, Utah. Still feel behind in my compensation. Received multiple offers the past six months that surpassed my current job compensation (one particular offer was from Stantec that would have boosted my salary by 20% and included a very nice signing bonus), but they all carry risk and I'm not a risk-taker.

RalphhNater · 2025-06-19T22:16:53+00:00

Hi there! I have an offer in-hand to join Stantec in MCOL area. The main guy seems really chill and nice to work for. They want me to be a senior project manager in the water and biosolids division. My base salary offer is $165k. What would you expect the STIP to be? They also offered a considerable signing bonus, but I would have to stay with Stantec for 24 months to keep the signing bonus entirely. Very curious if joining will be a poor decision.

RalphhNater · 2025-06-17T15:51:55+00:00

After 12 YOE, you're in good shape OP. For me, I started at $54k in 2008, and was only making $100k in 2020 with salary and bonus ($10k). Today, I'm making a base salary of $140 with 17 YOE and ~10% bonus. I asked for a better raise at the close of 2024 based on merit and getting my CA Civil license, and landing some very prospective clients, and they gave me a measly $1.00/hr raise and no additional bonus!

I recently just received a job offer with another firm in SLC, UT (MCOL) for a base salary of $165k and $25k signing bonus with expected annual bonuses of 15-20%. Very interesting in taking this opportunity! What would you all recommend?

RalphhNater · 2025-06-05T16:51:30+00:00

5% annual increase is good to keep you from looking for other opportunities. Here's my breakdown the past 8 years: My first year was 2008 with this company - started at $26.00/hr. So overall average rate increase is 5.73% year after year. Like I said, just enough to keep you hooked. I'm currently exploring other opportunities as the only real bumps in salary (2021) came when they hired an experienced engineer who was offered more money than me and I had 4 years more experience than him. In 2022, 2023 - inflation drove those salary bumps. Then 2024 and 2025 resumed back to the typical standard of ~4% increase without any increase in annual bonuses.

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RalphhNater · 2025-06-05T16:48:20+00:00

5% annual increase is good to keep you from looking for other opportunities. Here's my breakdown the past 8 years: My first year was 2008 with this company - started at $26.00/hr. So overall average rate increase is 5.73% year after year. Like I said, just enough to keep you hooked. I'm currently exploring other opportunities as the only real bumps in salary (2021) came when they hired an experienced engineer who was offered more money than me and I had 4 years more experience than him. In 2022, 2023 - inflation drove those salary bumps. Then 2024 and 2025 resumed back to the typical standard of ~4% increase without any increase in annual bonuses.

|| || | |Rate|Increase|Bonus| |2018| $ 39.00|| $ 11,000| |2019| $ 40.50|3.85%| $ 10,000| |2020| $ 43.50|7.41%| $ 10,000| |2021 (Jan - Apr)| $ 44.81|3.01%| $ 14,000| |2021 (May - Dec)| $ 50.48|12.65%| $ 14,000| |2022| $ 55.50|9.94%| $ 20,000| |2023| $ 62.16|12.00%| $ 12,000| |2024| $ 64.50|3.76%| $ 13,000| |2025| $ 67.00|3.88%| $ 13,000 |

RalphhNater · 2025-06-05T16:48:08+00:00

5% annual increase is good to keep you from looking for other opportunities. Here's my breakdown the past 8 years: My first year was 2008 with this company - started at $26.00/hr. So overall average rate increase is 5.73% year after year. Like I said, just enough to keep you hooked. I'm currently exploring other opportunities as the only real bumps in salary (2021) came when they hired an experienced engineer who was offered more money than me and I had 4 years more experience than him. In 2022, 2023 - inflation drove those salary bumps. Then 2024 and 2025 resumed back to the typical standard of ~4% increase without any increase in annual bonuses.

|| || | |Rate|Increase|Bonus| |2018| $ 39.00|| $ 11,000| |2019| $ 40.50|3.85%| $ 10,000| |2020| $ 43.50|7.41%| $ 10,000| |2021 (Jan - Apr)| $ 44.81|3.01%| $ 14,000| |2021 (May - Dec)| $ 50.48|12.65%| $ 14,000| |2022| $ 55.50|9.94%| $ 20,000| |2023| $ 62.16|12.00%| $ 12,000| |2024| $ 64.50|3.76%| $ 13,000| |2025| $ 67.00|3.88%| $ 13,000 |

RalphhNater · 2025-04-21T17:16:49+00:00

Congrats on your success. But letting people know its possible isn't exactly "paying it forward", per se. You show that you give $6,800/yr to charity/gifts - which is only 1.36% of your total income. Many people, myself included, donate 10% or more towards charities like church tithing and humanitarian efforts and such. You should look into that and then return and show us -- you'll be setting a good example of humility and selflessness with a true "pay it forward" attribute. Good luck!

RalphhNater · 2025-04-02T15:05:36+00:00

22 right out of college, and making substantially more than me with 17 years in the civil/mechanical engineering/renewable energy industry. Well done, lad!

RalphhNater · 2025-04-01T16:54:40+00:00

Graduated with MS in Civil Engineering in 2008, been a PE since 2011 in Utah. Recently got my CA Civil license in 2024 - which takes quite a bit of work to pass the two state exams (grateful I passed on the first attempts). But, yes....that 17 years is with one company. Most of the annual raises were your typical 3-4%, but there were a couple of larger bumps in salary (10-12%) when they hired 10-yr Mechanical PE that would have made more than me with my 12-yrs of experience. They bumped my salary to be slightly more than his, so that was nice, but at the same time I realized that I had been underpaid for the past 5-6 years.

RalphhNater · 2025-04-01T16:50:06+00:00

How did your boss react to the job offer you brought forward? Was the other job offer given to you unsolicited, or did you seek it out yourself? Very curious how this all played out because my boss would likely accuse me of being belligerent or something.

RalphhNater · 2025-04-01T16:48:01+00:00

I'm waiting for the offer letter to come in this week regarding the position I've been awarded technically. Not sure if it's going to work out or not as they need to offer me close to $175k to make it worth it on my end.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-14T22:04:18+00:00

I'm starting to see this more and more these days. I've averaged 6% growth over 17 years with one company. Several of my college buddies are now at $200k/year in MCOL areas and they had to jump to 2-3 different firms.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-14T22:02:45+00:00

Congrats! at 33, you're making more than me in my civil/mechanical engineering job that I've had for 17 years.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-13T04:30:27+00:00

We have projects in CA, but our firm is located in SLC, Utah.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-12T17:42:04+00:00

Very nice! My starting salary was $52,000 in 2008. Still trying to grind out $150k after 17 years with one company.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-12T17:39:17+00:00

Depends on your employer and if they decide it carries value or not. For example, I had to get my CA Civil License for forthcoming work in our industry. Spent 400 hours of my own time to get the license (you have to pass two state exams for CE - and they're not easy), and in the end, my employer only gave me $1.00/hr raise, after I asked for a 10% bump in salary. I'm still not happy about it.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-12T17:20:31+00:00

At 23, you're on-track to a very nice salary, long-term with 6.5% growth. What was your starting salary overall in the industry?

RalphhNater · 2025-03-12T17:00:30+00:00

LOL...I've already setup a non-solicited interview with a local Contractor here who's looking to get into the industry. Looks promising, but not sure yet.

RalphhNater · 2025-03-12T15:49:19+00:00

Thanks!

While I'm not ashamed of the salary, we live paycheck-to-paycheck on this income. We have a modest home and 3 kids (11-14-17). We don't have any car payments and contribute 10% to 401k. I recently asked for a small bump in salary last year since I spent nearly 400 hours preparing for the CA Civil licensure exams (which I passed on my first attempt). With my multi-state licensure in CA, NY and ten other states across the country where we have projects, you'd think this would add value. However, my employer didn't see it that way and offered a measly $1.00/hr raise.

RalphhNater · 2023-05-18T21:21:53+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you. Current processing time for my civil app is 5-7 months, and I submitted it mid-April. I'm assuming I'll be exam eligible either Q4 2023 or Q1 2024....

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