Civil Engineers

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

	Average employment			Average annual openings
	2010 estimate	2020 projection	Percent change	Growth	Replacement	Total
Alaska	736	796	8.2	6	15	21
United States	262,800	313,900	19.4	5,110	5,330	10,440

Job outlook

Alaska: Alaska’s employment growth is low with high employment opportunities. Read more.

2013 Wages

	Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile
	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
United States	n/a	41.17	n/a	24.91	38.83	60.67
Alaska	45.99	47.29	48.59	32.31	46.48	64.32
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area (MSA)	45.31	47.06	48.81	30.89	45.89	64.20
Fairbanks North Star Borough (MSA)	42.26	44.90	47.54	33.62	44.30	57.22
Southeast Region	46.93	48.84	50.75	33.40	48.41	66.72
Balance of State	47.29	50.67	54.05	37.69	51.13	67.11

Labor Force Indicators

2012 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
747	72	9.6	46.6	36.7

2012 Potential Supply

Qualified but working in another occupation	127
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	56
UI claimants previously working in occupation	39

2012 ALEXsys Employment Data

Number of registrants	281
Number of job position postings	256
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	1.1

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Education: Bachelor’s degree

Work experience: None

On-the-job training: None

Training Resources

	Degree
Alaska Computer Business Solutions LLC (Anchorage)
AutoCAD 2013 Essentials
AutoCAD 2014 Advanced
AutoCAD 2014 Beyond the Basics
AutoCAD 2014 Essentials
AutoCAD 2014 Update from 2012/2013
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 Fundamentals
AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveyors
Drafting and Design Technology Program

	Degree
Alaska Teamster-Employer Service Training Trust (Anchorage)
North Slope Training Cooperative

	Degree
Alaska West Training Center (Fairbanks)
Hydrogen Sulfide - H2S
Petroleum Technician - ER06
Petroleum Workers Safety and Health - S05
Unescorted Module - NSTC01

	Degree
Arctic Safety Training and Consulting (Kenai)
Petrochemical Health and Safety	Certificate
Petrochemical Health and Safety Refresher

	Degree
Beacon OHSS (Anchorage)
North Slope Training Cooperative	Certificate

	Degree
Environmental Management Inc (Anchorage)
EPA/AHERA Project Design	Certificate
EPA/AHERA Project Design Refresher	Certificate
NSTC 6 PACK & H2S Module	Certificate

	Degree
Ilisagvik College (Barrow)
Industrial Safety, Level 1	Certificate

	Degree
Northern Industrial Training (Palmer)
NSTC - North Slope Training Cooperative w/H2S
NSTC 2010 ASH Update
NSTC Confined Space Entry
NSTC Energy Isolation
NSTC Fall Protection
NSTC Respiratory Protection
NSTC Unescorted
PEC Basic Orientation
PEC Core Compliance

	Degree
Nu-Solutions Consulting (Anchorage)
Administration of Oracle Primavera P6, Course 106-A	Certificate
Advanced Project Management in Oracle Primavera P6, Course 106-P	Certificate
Advanced Project Modeling and Estimating, Class E201	Certificate
Essentials of Project Modeling and Estimating, Class E101	Certificate
Hybrid Primavera P6 102 for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects
Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Course 201	Certificate
Project Management in Oracle Primavera P6, Course 102	Certificate
Project Management in Oracle Primavera Web Access, Course 101	Certificate
Resource Management in Oracle Primavera P6, Course 106-R	Certificate
Resource Management in Oracle Primavera Web Access, Course 107	Certificate
Scheduling in Oracle Primavera P6 and Contractor for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects	Certificate

	Degree
University of Alaska Anchorage (Anchorage)
Civil Engineering	BS
Civil Engineering	MCE
Civil Engineering	MS
Earthquake Engineering	GCRT
Engineering Management	MS
Geographic Information Sys	CT1
Science Management	MS

	Degree
University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)
Civil Engineering	BS
Civil Engineering	MCE
Civil Engineering	MS
Engineering Management	MS
Science Management	MS

	Degree
University of Alaska, Mining and Petroleum Training Service (Soldotna)
North Slope Training Consortium (NTSC)

	Degree
Vocational Training and Resource Center (Juneau)
Drafting with AutoCAD

Alaska Economic Trends articles

Civil Engineering in Alaska (April 2011)

Engineer Shortage: Myth vs. Reality (November 1983)