Civil Engineer salary in Mississippi

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

The median civil engineer in Mississippi earns $100,170 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $100,840.

It ranks 21st of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $162,240, 3.3 times the $49,840 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 1,770 jobs and a location quotient of 0.64, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Mississippi is $40,120, so this role pays 2.5 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureMississippiNational
Median annual pay Observed$100,170United States: $100,840
Mean annual pay Observed$104,840United States: $108,670
10th percentile Observed$49,840United States: $68,240
25th percentile Observed$75,730United States: $79,930
75th percentile Observed$124,240United States: $129,680
90th percentile Observed$162,240United States: $163,220
Median hourly pay Observed$48.16United States: $48.48
Employment (jobs) Observed1,770
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.519
Location quotient Observed0.64
Difference from United States median ($100,840) Derived−1%
Rank among 51 states Derived21
Ratio to Mississippi all-occupation median ($40,120) Derived2.50×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived3.26

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 19. Maryland$100,680
  2. 20. Delaware$100,220
  3. 21. Mississippi$100,170
  4. 22. Illinois$99,760
  5. 23. Rhode Island$99,300

Largest cities in Mississippi: Jackson, Gulfport, West Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg (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.