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Civil Engineer (DOT / city / county) in Arizona

Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division lists 3 job classes for this work in the Arizona state pay plan: Transportation Engineer In Training, Transportation Engineer, Transportation Engineer Senior.

$47,564 – $129,812
state pay plan range, a year
3
classes in the state plan
$89,660
median pay in AZ, all employers
5,940
workers in AZ (SOC 17-2051)

Sources: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arizona state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 9, 2022. These are the ranges Arizona sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Transportation Engineer In Training
Class S10200 · class description
Grade 22
$22.87 – $42.10 a hour
$47,564 – $87,570 a year
Transportation Engineer
Class S10202 · class description
Grade 26
$31.72 – $57.95 a hour
$65,968 – $120,532 a year
Transportation Engineer Senior
Class S10203 · class description
Grade 27
$34.46 – $62.41 a hour
$71,677 – $129,812 a year

Schedule: Pay Schedule AREG. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arizona, all employers Sourced

Civil Engineers (SOC 17-2051) in Arizona, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAZ
Workers5,940
10th percentile$63,740
Median$89,660
90th percentile$138,030
National median, government employers$108,820

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Civil Engineer (DOT / city / county) page.

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