Civil Engineers Salary in Springfield, IL

Civil Engineers pay range in Springfield

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $74,880 a year or less, while the top 10% make $163,470 or more. The middle half of civil engineers in Springfield earn between $84,050 and $134,850.

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

Civil Engineers salary after taxes in Springfield

On the average salary of $112,930, a single filer in Springfield takes home about $82,827 a year, or $6,902 a month and $3,186 every two weeks. Taxes take 27% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Springfield area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $112,930 buys what about $121,764 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Springfield ($52,670). A typical home costs $200,409, or 1.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Civil Engineers salary in other Illinois cities

Springfield ranks 1st of 7 Illinois metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Civil Engineers salaries in Illinois

Highest-paying cities for civil engineers

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

Civil Engineers salary by city

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• Mechanical Engineers$106,770 a year
• Electrical Engineers$103,480 a year
• Environmental Engineers$98,040 a year
• Industrial Engineers$96,440 a year
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$100,640 a year
• Surveyors$87,290 a year
• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$83,680 a year
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$79,820 a year

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