Thursday, February 6, 2020

What is the average salary of a civil engineer

Civil engineering designs and builds public works such as dams, bridges and other large infrastructure projects. It is one of the oldest branches of engineering, which was born when people began to live in permanent settlements and needed to transform their environments to meet their needs.

Civil engineers conceive, design, build, supervise, operate and maintain infrastructure projects and systems in the public and private sector, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges and water supply systems and wastewater treatment.

Many civil engineers work in planning, design, construction, research and education.

Because of its usefulness for the development of a country, how much does a civil engineer earn ?

According to Pay Scale data, in the United Kingdom the average annual engineering salary  of a recent graduate is around $ 24,736 pounds, more than $ 597,647 thousand pesos, that is, a monthly salary of $ 49,803 pesos.

This salary is increasing as time goes by, in addition to employers providing additional benefits such as pension, medical expenses insurance, life insurance, service car and mobile phone.

The average work week is 42 hours and sometimes you may have to work long hours and weekends.

In the United States, the national average is around $ 55,959 dollars, the equivalent of $ 1,096,925.67 pesos per year for engineers who are just starting to work.

With more experience the average salary reaches $ 84,125, or $ 1,645,670 pesos.

Civil engineers in Mexico, according to this same page, earn an average of $ 13,500.

The Mexican Institute of Competitiveness (IMCO), for its part, reports that civil engineers are ranked number 8 of the 10 best paid in Mexico: $ 12,858 pesos per month.

It is estimated that there are a total of $ 269,896 civil engineers, so it ranks 15th with the largest number of people in Mexico.


According to Forbes magazine, engineering, in general, are the highest paid professions in Mexico.

In the case of a Construction Project Manager, with skills such as coordination, management, execution and administration of infrastructure projects, budget management and responsible for coordinating departments involved in quality, time and costs, the salary ranges from $ 92,300 to $ 227,000 pesos per month.

As you will see, the difference between one salary and another is abysmal. This is due to the level of specialization that companies require today.

Traditionally, in addition to studying a career, other skills are needed, such as being bilingual, working as a team, knowing how to use specialized computer programs.

In addition, according to Forbes, companies are looking for leaders with the following characteristics:

“Professionals with specialties complementary to their branch (example: finance, business, e-commerce), whether national or abroad, two or three languages, mobility, empathy , push. "

And according to the business:

"Knowledge of international safety, quality and technical standards"
"Familiarization with the technology or computer programs managed by the organization."

Until the first quarter of 2018, according to IMCO data, the best paid career is Medicine, with $ 17,449 pesos, followed by Electronics and Automation, with $ 15,109 pesos.


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