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Average Civil Engineering Technologists And Technicians Salary in Manhattan, KS

Civil Engineering Technologists And Technicians in Manhattan, KS earn a median annual salary of $63,440, which is -2.3% compared to the national median. There are 80 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Manhattan, KS (metro area).

$63,440
Manhattan, KS median annual wage
$31/hour median
-2.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $64,950
80
Local employment
1.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.27
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$41,270
25th
$47,530
Median
$63,440
75th
$77,950
90th
$78,520

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Manhattan, KS, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
90.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$70,362
Goods: 94.0%
Services: 88.4%
Rents: 72.0%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Napa, CA $102,390 Compare 40
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $98,020 Compare 420
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $97,510 Compare 1,270
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $97,410 Compare 130
Vallejo, CA $96,860 Compare 40
Modesto, CA $95,630 Compare 40

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Manhattan, KS

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $294,890 1.08
Sales Managers $162,920 0.57
Architectural And Engineering Managers $157,400 0.72
Marketing Managers $151,780 0.25
Natural Sciences Managers $140,850 0.88
Computer And Information Systems Managers $139,180 0.52
Pharmacists $139,080 0.76
Chief Executives $138,290 1.18

Manhattan, KS has salary data for 238 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Civil Engineering Technologists And Technicians in Manhattan, KS

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Civil Engineering Technologists And Technicians are projected to change by +2.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 5,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.