Civil Engineers salary in Port St. Lucie, FL

Median pay for civil engineers in Port St. Lucie, FL: $77,240/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $57,200 – $155,670 · about 200 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($88,630) by −$11,390 (-13%).

What it's really worth in Port St. Lucie

With Port St. Lucie's cost of living at 102 (US=100), that $77,240 has the buying power of about $75,582 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $69,429 · median home $383,275 · median rent $2,332/mo.

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How Port St. Lucie ranks for this job

On raw pay, Port St. Lucie, FL is 171st of the 187 metros we hold civil engineers wages for. Once Port St. Lucie's cost of living is applied, it ranks 183rd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Port St. Lucie sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Port St. Lucie

A median home in Port St. Lucie, FL costs $383,275 — about 5× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $2,332/mo works out at 36% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where civil engineers earn more

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

Metro	Median pay	vs Port St. Lucie	Rent vs Port St. Lucie
Sacramento, CA	$125,760	+63%	1×
San Francisco, CA	$122,670	+59%	1.4×
San Jose, CA	$119,430	+55%	1.6×
Baton Rouge, LA	$110,110	+43%	0.6×

Same job elsewhere in FL

Metro	Median pay	vs Port St. Lucie	Rent vs Port St. Lucie
Gainesville, FL	$102,040	+32%	0.7×
Jacksonville, FL	$98,450	+27%	0.7×
Tampa, FL	$97,980	+27%	0.9×
North Port, FL	$97,800	+27%	0.9×

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

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