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Project Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 414 live Project Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
414
Employers
162
Remote
3%
Typical pay
$85k–160k
Verified live (7d)
374

Pay is advertised by 44% of these postings (182 of 414 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$90k19
3–5 years$98k86
6–9 years$100k38
10+ years$132k16

What skills do project engineer jobs ask for?

Across 267 project engineer postings that named at least one skill

Autodesk AutoCAD is named by 34% of the 267 project engineer postings that name any skill. Professional Engineer follows at 24%.

  • Autodesk AutoCAD34%
  • Professional Engineer24%
  • SolidWorks12%
  • PMP11%
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D10%
  • Microsoft Project5.6%
  • Six Sigma5.2%
  • Autodesk Revit3.0%
  • ETAP2.6%
  • Bentley MicroStation2.3%

How much experience do project engineer jobs ask for?

Minimum years named in the posting · 331 postings stated one

3–5 years is the most common minimum, named by 56% of the 331 project engineer postings that state one.

0–2 years
17%
3–5 years
56%
6–9 years
18%
10+ years
9.4%

Are project engineer jobs remote?

Where the work is done · 165 postings stated one

7.3% of the 165 project engineer postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 22% hybrid and 71% on-site.

Remote
7.3%
Hybrid
22%
On-site
71%

Do project engineer jobs need a degree?

The floor the posting sets · 320 postings stated one

Bachelor's is the most common floor, set by 93% of the 320 project engineer postings that state one.

High school
1.9%
Bachelor's
93%
Master's
4.7%

Employers hiring for this

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