Civil Engineers (17-2051)

Occupation description:  Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures, and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems. Includes architectural, structural, traffic, ocean, and geo-technical engineers. Excludes "Hydrologists" (19-2043).

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Employment and Job Openings

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2012 Wages

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
799	83	10.4	46.2	34.9

2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	77
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	33
UI claimants previously working in occupation	36

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	282
Number of job position postings	314
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	0.9

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