Project Engineer (Washington, DC Area Only)
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Washington, DC · $85k–$105k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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Where Washington, DC ranks
Where Washington, DC placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities hosting the most business conferences in the Mid-Atlantic104 conferences · of 12
- #1Cities hosting the most government & public sector conferences18 conferences · of 29
- #1Cities hosting the most accounting & audit conferences8 conferences · of 14
- #1Cities hosting the most finance conferences9 conferences · of 24
- #1Cities hosting the most legal conferences10 conferences · of 10
- #2Best cities for sales pay after cost of living$169k · of 45
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 $95,000 a year. Across 323 open project engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $85,000 to $115,000 and the median is $99,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 5% 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.
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About the job
...Party Microsoft platforms and solutions. All our technicians, engineers, and sales staff hold multiple Microsoft certifications. Our goal... ...monitoring Microsoft Defender XDR. Experience working on projects such as: Email Migrations to Office 365, SharePoint ·...