Project Engineer
Performance Contracting
Ashburn, VA · $86k–$116k a year · Posted October 31, 2026
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Where Ashburn, VA ranks
Where Ashburn, VA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Southeast68% · of 87
- #3Best cities for mid-career professionals68% · of 100
- #3Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Mid-Atlantic68% · of 85
- #14Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Southeast6% · of 77
- #21Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southeast121 openings · of 63
- #21Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Mid-Atlantic6% · of 62
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $101,200 a year. Across 325 open project engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $86,500 to $115,000 and the median is $103,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 2% below the median.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among engineers, all other is little observed so far. Measured exposure for engineers, all other: 7% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...ID: 2509Location: Ashburn, VA, USAPosted: 2026-08-06Job Family: Project ManagementJob Function: Project ManagementPay Type:... ...Description Performance Contracting is seeking an experienced Project Engineer for its Washington,DC operations based in Ashburn, VA. This role...