Civil Engineer salary in Connecticut

Official occupation: 17-2051 Civil Engineers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median civil engineer in Connecticut earns $103,150 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $100,840.

It ranks 12th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $76,350 and the 90th at $161,670 (a ratio of 2.1).

About 4,370 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 1.09).

For context, the median across all occupations in Connecticut is $59,690, so this role pays 1.7 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureConnecticutNational
Median annual pay Observed$103,150United States: $100,840
Mean annual pay Observed$110,920United States: $108,670
10th percentile Observed$76,350United States: $68,240
25th percentile Observed$83,390United States: $79,930
75th percentile Observed$130,150United States: $129,680
90th percentile Observed$161,670United States: $163,220
Median hourly pay Observed$49.59United States: $48.48
Employment (jobs) Observed4,370
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.575
Location quotient Observed1.09
Difference from United States median ($100,840) Derived+2%
Rank among 51 states Derived12
Ratio to Connecticut all-occupation median ($59,690) Derived1.73×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.12

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 10. District of Columbia$103,880
  2. 11. New York$103,760
  3. 12. Connecticut$103,150
  4. 13. Nebraska$103,150
  5. 14. South Carolina$101,600

Largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, North Stamford, Hartford (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.