Project Engineer salary
What a project engineer actually earns, from 219 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see project engineer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A project engineer earns a blended US median near 108,297 dollars, with the typical middle running from 85,147 dollars to 132,169 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 117,750 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 19 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 3% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is construction manager, at 53 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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By country
- United States$85,147$108,297$132,169
- United Kingdom$60,208$66,898$73,587
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Wyoming$139,010
- Massachusetts$132,020
- California$128,830
- Colorado$125,330
- Washington$125,080
- Texas$115,950
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a project engineer profile already covers.
- 640 open electrical engineer roles$121,242 median · +$12,945 · 37% readiness
- 207 open construction superintendent roles$109,846 median · +$1,549 · 42% readiness
- 370 open mechanical engineer roles$109,214 median · +$917 · 42% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a project engineer.
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Related salaries
- Construction Manager salary$100,720 median
- Civil Engineer salary$97,299 median
- Construction Superintendent salary$109,846 median
Quick answers
How much does a project engineer make?
The blended US median is about 108,297 dollars, with a typical range from 85,147 dollars to 132,169 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 117,750 dollars.
Is project engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 3% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a project engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is construction manager, at 53 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2199. Live corpus 219 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.