LIVE PAY DATA / DISCIPLINE

Transportation Engineer salary insights

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

14DISCLOSED
RANGES
POSTING MIDPOINT MEDIAN$116,250Median down 3% since October 2026
DISCLOSED RANGES14Current openings
ACTIVE ROLES63In this discipline
25TH PERCENTILE$98,480A quarter of midpoints are below this
75TH PERCENTILE$141,125A quarter of midpoints are above this
POSTEDMay 28, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026Sample of 14 employer-published ranges

DISCIPLINE PAY SIGNAL

What current postings disclose.

Compensation varies with location, licensure, experience, employer, and roadway, traffic, rail, airport, and agency-delivery 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 transportation engineer.

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 level7$107,361
Senior6$147,000

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 required6$147,000
No PE required8$101,440

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-site4$138,250
Hybrid7$107,361
Remote3$115,000

BY US STATE

Local pay signals.

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

StatePostingsMedian midpoint
WA3$115,000

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.

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