Civil Engineers Salary in Fort Collins, CO

Civil Engineers pay range in Fort Collins

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $67,660 a year or less, while the top 10% make $146,780 or more. The middle half of civil engineers in Fort Collins earn between $80,630 and $124,860.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Civil Engineers salary after taxes in Fort Collins

On the average salary of $102,920, a single filer in Fort Collins takes home about $77,414 a year, or $6,451 a month and $2,977 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Colorado's FAMLI premium and the flat monthly occupational privilege taxes of Denver, Aurora and a few other cities are not included.

Is Fort Collins a good place for civil engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Fort Collins area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.1), so the average $102,920 buys what about $101,772 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Fort Collins ($55,310). A typical home costs $556,500, or 5.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Civil Engineers salary in other Colorado cities

Fort Collins ranks 4th of 6 Colorado metro areas for this job; Denver pays the most ($116,830).

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($137,910).

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