How to Become a Project Engineer

Project Engineers earn a median of $111,000 per year, with most postings between $89,000 and $133,500. From 234 job postings that disclosed pay, across 143 companies, August 2026.

These are ranges employers published in their own job postings — not salaries people typed into a form years ago.

What Project Engineer postings actually ask for

Ranked by how many of the 400 posting descriptions mention them.

Construction Management 25%
Civil Engineering 20%
Professional Engineer 19%
Microsoft Office 18%
Project Execution 12%
Mechanical Engineering 10%
Project Coordination 9%
Project Documentation 8%
Capital Projects 8%
Project Controls 8%
Purchase Orders 8%
Engineering Drawings 7%
Project Planning 6%
Microsoft Office Suite 6%
Corrective Actions 6%
Project Closeout 6%
Civil 3D 6%
Electrical Engineering 6%

Would your background clear the bar?

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What Project Engineers earn

10th $72K 25th $89K median $111K 75th $134K 90th $150K
$64K $162K

Each bar is a pay band; height is how many employers post in it.

Project Engineer vs adjacent roles

Roles people compare this one against, taken from what they search.

  • project manager
  • field engineer
  • assistant project manager
  • project manager construction
  • design engineer
  • superintendent

Who is hiring Project Engineers

15 companies with open postings in this sample.

Apple
$243,600 5
Horrocks
$185,000 5
Collins Aerospace
$174,000 4
Caterpillar
$160,590 3
Beckhoff Automation
$150,000 3
Lockheed Martin
$149,800 9
TEEMA
$145,000 3
Parsons
$142,300 4
Anduril
$130,500 7
Jacobs
$127,650 4

Also hiring: Weston & Sampson, Lockheed Martin, Anduril, Teter, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, Mortenson Construction, Collins Aerospace, Amentum, Deloitte, French & Parrello, Horrocks, Apple.

Remote vs onsite pay

Median of remote-eligible postings against the rest.

Remote-eligible
$135,000
Onsite
$112,212

32 remote-eligible postings against 212 onsite. Remote pays 20.3% more in this sample.

Pay by experience level

Level is taken from the posting title, so only postings that state one are counted.

Mid
$109,750 9
Senior
$120,500 34
Lead / Manager
$130,000 60

Pay by location

Metros with at least three salaried postings.

San Francisco, CA
$121,000 7
Seattle, WA
$143,763 6
Denver, CO
$133,650 6
Houston, TX
$135,000 5
New York, NY
$95,000 5
Columbus, OH
$113,771 4
US
$124,850 4
Los Angeles, CA
$111,250 4
St. Louis, MO
$111,250 4
Sunnyvale, CA
$179,825 4
Sacramento, CA
$87,500 4
Charlotte, NC
$130,000 3

Where this data comes from

  • 400 live postings analysed
  • 234 (58%) published a salary range
  • 52 (13%) were remote-eligible
  • 238 distinct employers
  • Requirements read from 400 full posting descriptions
  • Each employer gets one vote in the median, so a company running a large hiring campaign cannot move it
  • Ranges are converted to annual figures; hourly and contract postings are normalised before comparison