Civil Engineers salary in Cleveland, OH

Median pay for civil engineers in Cleveland, OH: $83,910/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $62,620 – $129,030 · about 1,100 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($88,630) by −$4,720 (-5%).

What it's really worth in Cleveland

With Cleveland's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $83,910 has the buying power of about $91,805 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,481 · median home $252,210 · median rent $1,461/mo.

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How Cleveland ranks for this job

On raw pay, Cleveland, OH is 121st of the 187 metros we hold civil engineers wages for. Once Cleveland's cost of living is applied, it ranks 98th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Cleveland is one of the places where civil engineers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Cleveland

A median home in Cleveland, OH costs $252,210 — about 3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,461/mo works out at 21% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where civil engineers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Cleveland.

Metro	Median pay	vs Cleveland	Rent vs Cleveland
Sacramento, CA	$125,760	+50%	1.6×
San Francisco, CA	$122,670	+46%	2.2×
San Jose, CA	$119,430	+42%	2.5×
Baton Rouge, LA	$110,110	+31%	1×

Same job elsewhere in OH

Metro	Median pay	vs Cleveland	Rent vs Cleveland
Cincinnati, OH	$83,440	−1%	1.1×
Columbus, OH	$83,200	−1%	1×
Toledo, OH	$81,100	−3%	0.9×
Canton, OH	$80,240	−4%	0.7×

Staying in OH keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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