Senior Project Engineer salary: median $128,500 a year
Senior Project Engineer listings that state pay run from $115,500 to $152,500 for the middle half, based on 62 current job listings. 291 senior project engineer roles are open now.
Senior Project Engineer pay range
From 62 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.
- Lower quarter
- $115,500
- Median
- $128,500
- Upper quarter
- $152,500
Senior Project Engineer salary by state
States with at least 8 listings that state pay.
Open senior project engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Senior Project Engineer
BAE Systems · Radford, Virginia, United States
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Perdue Farms · Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Bernards · Los Angeles County, CA
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer - Collection Systems | Chicago, IL
Metric Geo · Chicago, IL
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Placed · Indianapolis, IN
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Piper Maddox · Chicago, IL
$120k–$140k · Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
SEEK Professionals · Outagamie County, WI
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Mars · Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer / Project Engineer – Heavy Civil
Food Management Search · Atlanta, GA
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer / Project Engineer – Heavy Civil
Human Capital Ventures · Atlanta, GA, USA
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
UT-Battelle (ORNL) · Oak Ridge, TN, US, 37830
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer - Municipal Water/Wastewater
Weston Solutions · San Antonio, TX
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Hy-Tek Intralogistics · Erlanger, KY
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
Clayco · Phoenix, AZ
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Project Engineer
DRA Global · Phoenix, AZ
Oct 22, 2026
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Senior Project Engineer salary questions
- How much does a senior project engineer make?
- Among 62 open senior project engineer listings that state pay, the median is $128,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $115,500 and $152,500.
- Where does this senior project engineer pay data come from?
- From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
- Which state pays senior project engineers the most?
- Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $161,000.
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