Compare A Civil Engineer ↔ B Civil Engineering Technician
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1 move · -$37,470 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Civil Engineering Technician: experience: over 8 years, up to and including 10 years (O*NET, most common).
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Civil Engineer to Civil Engineering Technician -$37,470 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates: experience: over 8 years, up to and including 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Side by side
All Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians: Texas median $59,390, $37,470 less a year than all Civil Engineers ($96,860), every experience level.
Civil Engineer: 57% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.8 times the share for Civil Engineering Technician (15%).
This level's pay
A $89,256 a year H-1B filings, n = 65, TX+AZ, 2026
B No headline record for this level
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: experience: over 8 years, up to and including 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +13.0% Texas, 2,520 openings a year
B +10.0% Texas, 560 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.9 / 5+0.22.1 / 5
- Hazardous equipment+0.97Hazardous equipment: A 1.95, B 2.92
- Outdoors, all weather+0.71Outdoors, all weather: A 2.81, B 3.52
- Bending or twisting+0.55Bending or twisting: A 1.5, B 2.05
- Protective gear-0.53Protective gear: A 1.81, B 1.28
- High places-0.52High places: A 2.19, B 1.67
Degree
A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 100%).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 18% do).
License
A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 29%).
B Most common related work experience: over 8 years, up to and including 10 years (O*NET: 31%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Mathematics
- Speaking
- Monitoring
To build: 0
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