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What geotechnical engineers make
Licensed and experienced
$100,840
First job out of college
$68,240
Principal or firm owner
$163,220
The federal wage survey has no separate line for this job. It counts geotechnical engineers inside Civil Engineers, where the national median is $100,840 a year and the bottom tenth start near $68,240. Geotechnical work generally sits at or slightly above the civil average because fewer people do it.