Civil Engineer salary in New Hampshire

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

The median civil engineer in New Hampshire earns $98,710 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $100,840.

It ranks 26th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $64,270 and the 90th at $139,060 (a ratio of 2.2).

About 1,620 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 1.00).

For context, the median across all occupations in New Hampshire is $55,880, so this role pays 1.8 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNew HampshireNational
Median annual pay Observed$98,710United States: $100,840
Mean annual pay Observed$99,620United States: $108,670
10th percentile Observed$64,270United States: $68,240
25th percentile Observed$76,960United States: $79,930
75th percentile Observed$118,980United States: $129,680
90th percentile Observed$139,060United States: $163,220
Median hourly pay Observed$47.46United States: $48.48
Employment (jobs) Observed1,620
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.364
Location quotient Observed1
Difference from United States median ($100,840) Derived−2%
Rank among 51 states Derived26
Ratio to New Hampshire all-occupation median ($55,880) Derived1.77×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.16

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 24. Alabama$99,010
  2. 25. Oklahoma$98,760
  3. 26. New Hampshire$98,710
  4. 27. South Dakota$98,700
  5. 28. Florida$98,570

Largest cities in New Hampshire: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, East Concord, Derry Village (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.