TRA / 9CE35 Verified Nov 4
Associate Civil Engineer – Roadway Design (FT - Hybrid) opportunity with CSG Consultants in Foster City, CA, focused on transportation work.
$110,551–$134,000/year
LICENSURE / STATE GUIDE
PE License Requirements in California for Civil Engineers
What the California board asks for, what California employers are hiring for now, and what those jobs pay.
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JOBS IN CALIFORNIA
JOBS IN CALIFORNIA
California licenses professional engineers through the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG). This site currently lists 16 open civil engineering jobs in California: 9 require a PE license and 0 ask for an EIT.
The rules below come from the board's own pages, checked on October 30, 2026. Boards change their rules, so confirm anything you rely on with the board before you apply.
California PE licensing at a glance
- Experience
- Six years of qualifying experience, of which graduation from an approved engineering curriculum counts as four. Experience counts fully only under a civil engineer in responsible charge.
- Taking the PE before the experience is done
- Do not apply for the license until you have passed the FE and PE Civil and meet the experience requirement. You become eligible for the two state exams once your application passes technical review.
- Exams
- NCEES FE exam; NCEES PE exam; California Civil Seismic Principles exam; California Civil Engineering Surveying exam
- References
- At least four references, from civil engineers in responsible charge of your work.
- Renewal
- Not stated on the board's pages we checked. Confirm with the board.
- Continuing education
- Not stated on the board's pages we checked. Confirm with the board.
- Also note
- A California civil license is one of the few that needs state-specific technical exams, so it often takes longer to get by comity than other states do.
MEDIAN RANGE MIDPOINT$134,91214 of 16 California postings disclose pay
PE-REQUIRED ROLES$135,725Median of 8 disclosed ranges
ALL OTHER ROLES$124,512Median of 6 disclosed ranges
Jobs in California by license
- All civil engineering jobs in California16
- PE civil engineering jobs in California9
- EIT civil engineering jobs in California0
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TRA / 38BBC Verified Nov 4
Senior Civil Engineer - Roadway Design (FT - Hybrid) opportunity with CSG Consultants in Foster City, CA, focused on transportation work.
$142,000–$165,000/year
LAN / 788D3 Verified Nov 4
Civil Engineer Project Manager opportunity with MacKay Sposito in Roseville, CA, focused on land development work.
$135,000–$170,000/year
LAN / 58562 Verified Nov 4
Civil Project Manager (PE) opportunity with Apex Companies in Roseville, CA, focused on land development work.
$110,000–$150,000/year
LAN / 4785B Verified Nov 4
Design Engineer III - Private Land Development opportunity with Apex Companies in Roseville, CA, focused on land development work.
$79,000–$114,000/year
GEO / 55733 Verified Nov 4
Civil Engineering Practice Leader, PE opportunity with Lumos & Associates in Roseville, CA, focused on geotechnical work.
$160,000–$220,000/year
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The licensing summary paraphrases the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG)'s published requirements. It is not legal advice and does not replace the board's rules. Where the board's pages did not state something, we say so rather than guess.
Job counts and pay come from the live civil engineering postings on this site. Pay is shown only when at least three postings disclose a range, using each range's midpoint, with hourly pay annualized at 2,080 hours. See the salary methodology.
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