WAT / FE712 Verified Nov 4
Water Resources Engineering Project Manager opportunity with Apex Companies in Fort Myers, FL, focused on water resources work.
Salary disclosed on application
LICENSURE / STATE GUIDE
PE License Requirements in Florida for Civil Engineers
What the Florida board asks for, what Florida employers are hiring for now, and what those jobs pay.
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JOBS IN FLORIDA
JOBS IN FLORIDA
Florida licenses professional engineers through the Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE). This site currently lists 39 open civil engineering jobs in Florida: 13 require a PE license and 6 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.
Florida PE licensing at a glance
- Licensing board
- Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE)
- Experience
- 48 months of full-time, progressive engineering experience under a licensed PE with an ABET-accredited B.S. in engineering, or 72 months with an ETAC/ABET-accredited B.S. in engineering technology.
- Taking the PE before the experience is done
- No experience is needed to sit for the PE exam. You must pass the FE first, and you need an ABET-accredited degree to take the PE. The experience is needed before you apply for the license.
- Exams
- NCEES FE exam; NCEES PE exam
- References
- Not stated on the board's pages we checked. Confirm with the board.
- Renewal
- Every two years.
- Continuing education
- 18 hours every two years: 1 on Florida Laws and Rules from a Board-approved provider, 1 on professional ethics, 4 in your area of practice and 12 on any engineering topic.
- Also note
- Engineers first licensed on or after March 1, 2025, with a 2027 expiration, need only the Laws and Rules and ethics courses in that first cycle, plus an Advanced Building Code course before certain design work.
MEDIAN RANGE MIDPOINT$87,7994 of 39 Florida postings disclose pay
PE-REQUIRED ROLES—Too few disclosed ranges to show
ALL OTHER ROLES—Too few disclosed ranges to show
Jobs in Florida by license
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TRA / ABFAC Verified Nov 4
Roadway Engineer opportunity with Apex Companies in Fort Myers, FL, focused on transportation work.
Salary disclosed on application
STR / 12BD7 Verified Nov 4
Bridge & Structures Practice Leader – Florida | Remote opportunity with BGE, Inc. in Tampa, FL, focused on structural work.
Salary disclosed on application
TRA / AF37C Verified Nov 4
Transportation Project Manager opportunity with Apex Companies in Fort Myers, FL, focused on transportation work.
Salary disclosed on application
TRA / C4152 Verified Nov 4
Transportation Senior Project Manager opportunity with Apex Companies in Fort Myers, FL, focused on transportation work.
Salary disclosed on application
LAN / CBDE1 Verified Nov 4
Civil Engineer, EIT - Land Development opportunity with Atwell, LLC in Bonita Springs, FL, focused on land development work.
Salary disclosed on application
ABOUT THIS PAGE
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The licensing summary paraphrases the Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE)'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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