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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Civil Engineers Salary in Sherman-Denison, TX

Civil Engineers in Sherman-Denison, TX earn a median annual salary of $80,330, which is -19.3% compared to the national median. There are 50 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Sherman-Denison, TX (metro area).

$80,330
Sherman-Denison, TX median annual wage
$39/hour median
-19.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $99,590
50
Local employment
1.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.42
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$53,990
25th
$61,420
Median
$80,330
75th
$99,430
90th
$125,380

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 Sherman-Denison, TX, 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
93.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$85,666
Goods: 93.8%
Services: 83.3%
Rents: 89.5%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

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 Sherman-Denison, TX

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Dentists, General$168,5901.21
Architectural And Engineering Managers$156,8200.65
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$140,7403.12
Computer And Information Systems Managers$132,6600.31
Pharmacists$129,6900.93
Nurse Practitioners$127,1000.50
Software Developers$124,7500.15
Financial Managers$121,4000.38

Sherman-Denison, TX has salary data for 225 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, General.

Historical series

Trend for Civil Engineers in Sherman-Denison, TX

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Civil Engineers are projected to change by +5.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 23,600 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.