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    Highest (and lowest) Paid Civil Engineering Disciplines or Industries

    MarinLe, yeah I can't weigh in on that personally, but I would definitely say your question is within the scope of the thread. Hopefully someone would be able to offer some insight on that.
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    Highest (and lowest) Paid Civil Engineering Disciplines or Industries

    nkrigPE interesting. Would you say the companies making you the offers are comparable as well (size, location etc)?
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    Highest (and lowest) Paid Civil Engineering Disciplines or Industries

    I did some looking into the BLS data by industry. As of May 2014, some industries which pay Civil Engineers the most: Oil and Gas Extraction - $126,830 (560) Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing - $104,230 (480) Waste Treatment and Disposal - $102,380 (580) Pipeline Transportation -...
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    Highest (and lowest) Paid Civil Engineering Disciplines or Industries

    Based on the numbers, for people with over 10 years experience, it appears that the five top paying positions are *Principal Structural Engineer = $121,948 Senior Structural Engineer = $94,041 Engineering Project Manager = $93,285 Senior Geotechnical Engineer = $92,151 Senior Environmental...
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    Highest (and lowest) Paid Civil Engineering Disciplines or Industries

    Just some more info. I started out looking on BLS which has "Civil Engineers" with a median pay of $79,340, which to me is useless information since it seems most (or all) Civil Engineers work in some discipline or another, and this number lumps together all experience-levels. So far I've...
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    Highest (and lowest) Paid Civil Engineering Disciplines or Industries

    Based on industry or discipline, where's the most(or least) money at in Civil Engineering? In other words, for people who are roughly at the same points in their career, who's likely to be earning more money? I'm specifically asking about construction, structural, transportation, geotechnical...
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    Structural Engineering Applications in Land Development

    I'm curious if any land development engineers out there use structural engineering at all? Its commonly said that land development engineers are the "jack-of-all-trades" but what I've found so far in the industry without exception, even among people with 30+ years experience, is...
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    Construction experience

    Just to clarify, essentially what I had in mind was on-the-ground experience with grading, E&S control, pavement construction, and utility/SWM installations. I would imagine, even if its a big project, by virtue of disturbing ground, there will be requirements to install storm, E&S control, and...
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    Construction experience

    Okay thanks a lot guys. I just have a follow up. I'm hoping to get a little bit more detail on duties for a construction engineer as distinct from a construction PM. The reason I ask is even though "construction engineering" has its own wikipedia page, when I search for "Construction...
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    Construction experience

    Hi, I'm an EIT with a little short of 4 years experience. One of the biggest things that irks me as an up-and-coming professional is that I don't have a solid grasp of construction methods or practices. On many occasions through my short career, I've gotten QC markups on my plan regarding...
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