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What water resources engineers make

Median

$100,840

Graduate engineer

$68,240

Senior or principal

$163,220

The national median is $100,840 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $68,240. The wage survey does not break out water resources as its own occupation, so these are the figures for civil engineers, the group it sits inside. Consulting firms pay more than city agencies, agencies give better pensions.