Structural Engineer salary
What a structural engineer actually earns, from 487 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 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see structural engineer pay in the 4 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 structural engineer earns a blended US median near 105,915 dollars, with the typical middle running from 87,814 dollars to 131,648 dollars. The official OEWS median is 99,590 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 80,812 dollars to 117,335 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is civil engineer, at 39 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open structural engineer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Structural Engineer UAV H/F at Alta AresToulouseTodayApply- Civil Structural Engineer at ProNet GroupIndiana, PA1d agoApply
Civil Structural Engineer at Tanner Engineering LLCMount Vernon, IN1d agoApply
Civil Structural Engineer at CPS/ComtechCanfield, OH2d agoApply- Civil Structural Engineer at Stratus®Huntington, WV2d agoApply
Licensed Civil/Structural Engineer - Residential ADU at HousableCalifornia, MO2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$87,814$105,915$131,648
- United Kingdom$57,986$70,947$92,657
- Australia$71,675$89,594$101,241
- Canada$67,283$83,423$90,677
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$118,450
- Washington$105,090
- New York$102,440
- Florida$97,810
- Illinois$97,640
- Texas$95,050
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a structural engineer profile already covers.
- 600 open electrical engineer roles$119,104 median · +$13,189 · 21% readiness
- 13 open vdc manager roles$114,739 median · +$8,824 · 18% readiness
- 272 open mechanical engineer roles$112,630 median · +$6,715 · 27% readiness
- 75 open environmental engineer roles$108,611 median · +$2,696 · 18% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a structural engineer.
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Quick answers
How much does a structural engineer make?
The blended US median is about 105,915 dollars, with a typical range from 87,814 dollars to 131,648 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 99,590 dollars.
Is structural engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a structural engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is civil engineer, at 39 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 17-2051. Live corpus 487 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.