Civil Engineer salary in Indiana

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

The median civil engineer in Indiana earns $98,270 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $100,840.

It ranks 29th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $64,200 and the 90th at $140,130 (a ratio of 2.2).

With 4,030 jobs and a location quotient of 0.53, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Indiana is $47,860, so this role pays 2.1 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureIndianaNational
Median annual pay Observed$98,270United States: $100,840
Mean annual pay Observed$100,010United States: $108,670
10th percentile Observed$64,200United States: $68,240
25th percentile Observed$77,510United States: $79,930
75th percentile Observed$121,550United States: $129,680
90th percentile Observed$140,130United States: $163,220
Median hourly pay Observed$47.25United States: $48.48
Employment (jobs) Observed4,030
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.259
Location quotient Observed0.53
Difference from United States median ($100,840) Derived−3%
Rank among 51 states Derived29
Ratio to Indiana all-occupation median ($47,860) Derived2.05×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.18

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 27. South Dakota$98,700
  2. 28. Florida$98,570
  3. 29. Indiana$98,270
  4. 30. North Dakota$98,190
  5. 31. Idaho$98,030

Largest cities in Indiana: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Carmel (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.