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Civil Engineer Career Market Report 2026

966 active jobs. 179 companies. Median salary $92K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

966
Active Job Openings
179
Companies Hiring
$92K
Median Salary (US)
68%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Civil Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 68% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $92K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $75K to $130K.

AutoCAD is the most-demanded skill at 27%

AutoCAD demand rose +11.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Capco leads hiring with 61 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$16K, +22%)

Salary increase: +$16K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 8% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior30$90K$104K$165K
Mid-Level17$75K$90K$125K
Entry-Level8$70K$70K$80K
Manager8$95K$95K$120K
Junior7$60K$74K$100K
Staff5$101K$101K$112K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$16K (22%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States83$92KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.9%
Remote9.8%
Hybrid1.6%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AutoCAD
27%
Project Management
21%
AI/LLM
8%
Structural Analysis
5%
Surveying
5%
Geotechnical
5%
AWS
4%
SQL
4%
Python
4%
Azure
3%
GIS
3%

Skills on the Rise

AutoCAD ↑+11.3ppProject Management ↑+10.9ppAWS ↑+4.2ppSQL ↑+4.1ppAzure ↑+3.0pp

Declining in Demand

Sustainability ↓-7.9ppExcel ↓-7.1ppJournalism ↓-6.6ppProcurement ↓-5.6ppConstruction Management ↓-5.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Capco616.3%
trilongroup555.7%
Olsson535.5%
Btgpactual495.1%
Toloka Ai293.0%
Uptalent Dot I O262.7%
Sgs252.6%
Tandh222.3%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States334
Brazil220
Remote19
Saudi Arabia13
Georgia13
Portugal12
India10
United Arab Emirates9

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree47.3%313
Bachelor's Degree18.6%123
Master's Degree15.7%104
MBA0.3%2
PhD / Doctorate0.2%1

Certifications

PMP (3%)MBA (2%)PRINCE2 (2%)

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