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What structural engineers make
Median for the group
$100,840
Bottom tenth
$68,240
Top tenth
$163,220
The federal wage survey has no separate code for structural engineers, so these are the figures for civil engineers as a whole, and structural is one specialty inside that group. The national median is $100,840 a year. The bottom tenth earn $68,240 or less and the top tenth $163,220 or more (2025 federal wage survey).