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What water resources engineers make
Licensed engineer
$101,000
Engineer-in-training
$67,000
Senior or principal
$150,000
Job Bank's national median is about $48.56 an hour, roughly $101,000 a year full time. That wage page sits under the civil engineering code, so it covers civil engineers of every kind, not only water. Alberta, BC and the territories pay above the middle.