1. Texas
Annual median wage: $87,910
Rank by annual median wage: 4
Job growth: 24%
Rank by job growth: 6
Cost of living index: 90.7
Rank by cost of living index: 9
Average ranking: 6.33
Texas occupies first place among 25 best states for civil engineers for a good reason. The state offers the fourth highest salary to these professionals in America while the job increase of 24% is sixth largest nationwide. Besides great salary and employment opportunities civil engineers can also expect low costs of living, so the annual median wage of almost $88,000 should secure more than comfortable living.
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