LIVE PAY DATA / DISCIPLINE

Water Resources Engineer salary insights

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

18DISCLOSED
RANGES
POSTING MIDPOINT MEDIAN$108,624Median up 10% since October 2026
DISCLOSED RANGES18Current openings
ACTIVE ROLES60In this discipline
25TH PERCENTILE$70,680A quarter of midpoints are below this
75TH PERCENTILE$121,396A quarter of midpoints are above this
POSTEDNov 7, 2025 – Nov 12, 2026Sample of 18 employer-published ranges

DISCIPLINE PAY SIGNAL

What current postings disclose.

Compensation varies with location, licensure, experience, employer, and drainage, stormwater, hydraulic, hydrologic, and water-infrastructure 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 water resources 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
Entry level4$52,000
Mid level7$101,500
Senior6$119,452

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 required8$117,438
No PE required10$78,960

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-site10$81,950
Hybrid7$115,973

BY US STATE

Local pay signals.

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

StatePostingsMedian midpoint
CO4$108,736

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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