Civil Engineer Employment Opportunities for the United States

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The following data should be interesting to the civil engineer who resides within the United States. This data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Employment Statistics for the Civil Engineer

States with the highest concentration of civil engineers with annual salary:
(highest at top)

Washington $77,540
Alaska $76,210
Colorado $74,770
Hawaii $71,710
Wyoming $60,570

Top paying States with annual salary:
(highest at top)

District of Columbia $90,840
New Jersey $83,710
Texas $81,200
Nevada $81,180
California $80,950

Mean annual salary:

$75,230

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of civil engineers with annual salary:
(highest at top)

Carson City, NV $64,340
Olympia, WA $69,840
Yuba City, CA $72,280
Ames, IA $72,620
Fairbanks, AK $70,410

Top paying metropolitan areas:

Punta Gorda, FL $103,220
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $98,380
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $92,610
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division $92,480
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX $91,900

Industries with the highest levels of employment with annual salary:
(highest at top)

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $76,540
State Government $67,880
Local Government $74,030
Nonresidential Building Construction $73,460
Federal Executive Branch $83,180

Top paying industries with annual salary:

Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing $101,460
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers $94,900
Oil and Gas Extraction $94,640
Computer Systems Design and Related Services $93,740
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $93,550

Education required:

To enter into this profession, a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required. The BS degree should be in civil engineering. Engineering research usually requires a graduate degree.

While many careers require a college degree, many of those careers do not have specific academic requirements. Engineering is different. Just about everything you learn in college related to civil engineering, will be used within the profession. You will need to enroll in an academic program that will allow you to meet your goals within civil engineering.

For more information about education required for the civil engineer in the United States go to Occupational Outlook Handbook provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Job outlook:

Overall, engineering employment is expected to grow around 11% between 2006 and 2016, which is considered average relative to other professions. But some areas of engineering is expected to have greater then average employment growth. Two specialties of engineering where employment growth is better then average is environmental engineering and civil engineering. Civil engineering is expected to experience an 18% employment growth between 2006 and 2016.

Source for the above data:
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Using Keywords in your Engineering Job Search

Author: Joe Haun

You have probably noticed that there are far more applicants applying for every job listing. The recession has been extremely rough on some career fields like Civil Engineering. Yes, the number of new jobs has not been sufficient for the number of individuals seeking employment. In this environment, you need an edge to set yourself apart. One of the best strategies is to use industry specific keywords or buzz words in both your Cover Letter and Resume.

After making sure the grammar and spelling is correct, the next most important step is to compose the Cover Letter and Resume to match the job postings qualifications. The best method to accomplish this is by infusing the documents with keywords and keywords phrases. Much like the action verbs which have been the standard for resumes, keywords have become just as important. Keywords and Keyword phrases are normally nouns that are job-specific, profession-specific and/or industry-specific. The buzz words can be related to skills, technological terms and descriptions of technical expertise (including hardware and software in which you are proficient), job titles, certifications, names of products and services, and industry buzzwords and jargon. They may also include types of degrees and names of colleges and company names. Awards you have won and names of professional organizations to which you belong can even be used as keywords.

A list of keywords and keyword phrases can be created using several techniques. Some of the more common techniques are: Go here to read this entire article

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