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What transportation engineers make
Licensed engineer
$101,000
Engineer-in-training
$67,000
Senior or principal
$150,000
Job Bank lists transportation engineer inside its civil engineers group, with a national median of $48.56 an hour, about $101,000 a year full time. Consulting firms in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver pay near the top; small municipalities pay less but offer a pension.