LIVE PAY DATA / DISCIPLINE

Land Development Engineer salary insights

Employer-disclosed pay ranges in current land development engineer openings—not a compensation survey.

24DISCLOSED
RANGES

POSTING MIDPOINT MEDIAN$107,500Median unchanged since October 2026

DISCLOSED RANGES24Current openings

ACTIVE ROLES86In this discipline

25TH PERCENTILE$90,435A quarter of midpoints are below this

75TH PERCENTILE$124,375A quarter of midpoints are above this

POSTEDApr 16, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026Sample of 24 employer-published ranges

DISCIPLINE PAY SIGNAL

What current postings disclose.

Compensation varies with location, licensure, experience, employer, and site design, grading, utilities, drainage, permitting, and project-management responsibilities. Hourly ranges are annualized at 2,080 hours only for comparison.

This is a live convenience sample. It is not the average pay of every land development engineer.

RoleLocationMidpoint

Associate Director - Land DevelopmentIL$150,000 Associate Project Manager - Land DevelopmentTX$107,500 Associate Project Manager – Land DevelopmentPA$112,500 Associate Project Manager - Land DevelopmentTX$107,500 Associate Project Manager - Land DevelopmentWI$107,500 Associate Project Manager – Land DevelopmentDE$112,500 Civil Designer - Land DevelopmentDE$83,200 Civil Designer – Land DevelopmentDE$84,240 Civil Designer – Land DevelopmentVA$84,240 Civil Engineer – Land DevelopmentOH$92,500 Civil Engineer - Land DevelopmentIL$102,500 Civil Engineer - Land DevelopmentNV$95,000 Civil Engineer Project ManagerWA$137,500 Civil Engineer Project ManagerCA$152,500 Civil Engineering Internship - Data Centers Site DesignCO$49,920 Civil Engineering Internship - Data Centers Site DesignCO$46,800 Civil Engineering Internship - Site DesignCO$48,880 Civil Project Engineer - Land DevelopmentWA$122,500 Civil Project Manager - Land DevelopmentWA$145,000 Civil Project Manager - Land DevelopmentAZ$132,500 Civil Project Manager (PE)CA$130,000 Design Engineer III - Private Land DevelopmentCA$96,500 Project Engineer - Land DevelopmentTX$112,500 Project Manager - Land DevelopmentIL$117,500

BY EXPERIENCE LEVEL

Pay by seniority.

Median range midpoint by the experience level each posting targets. A level appears only when at least three postings disclose pay.

ExperiencePostingsMedian midpoint

Mid level11$84,240

Senior12$115,000

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

PE required or not.

Postings that require a Professional Engineer license against those that don't (EIT or no license). Each group needs at least three disclosed ranges.

LicensePostingsMedian midpoint

PE required15$112,500

No PE required9$84,240

BY WORK MODE

On-site, hybrid, remote.

Median range midpoint by where the work happens, as the employer describes it. A mode appears only with at least three disclosed ranges.

Work modePostingsMedian midpoint

On-site24$107,500

BY US STATE

Local pay signals.

States with at least three postings that disclose pay. Location materially affects advertised compensation.

StatePostingsMedian midpoint

CA3$130,000 CO3$48,880 DE3$84,240 IL3$117,500 TX3$107,500 WA3$137,500

BY EMPLOYER

Who discloses what.

Employers with at least three postings that disclose pay, most postings first. One employer's ranges can weigh heavily in a small sample.

EmployerPostingsMedian midpoint

Atwell, LLC17$107,500 Olsson3$48,880

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