Hiring a civil engineering technologist in Anchorage, AK

Employers in the Anchorage, AK area pay civil engineering technologists and technicians a median of $70,990, with the middle half of the market between $56,040 and $92,630. Anchorage residents working in architecture and engineering occupations report a median of $108,772, which is 53% above what the metro pays for this role.

What does a civil engineering technologist earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Anchorage, AK area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$56,040
Median	$70,990
75th percentile	$92,630

Half of civil engineering technologists and technicians in this area earn between $56,040 and $92,630. A band set below $56,040 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Anchorage residents earn

$108,772

Median earnings of Anchorage residents working in architecture and engineering occupations, 4,026 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 53% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

Residents here already earn more than this role pays, so your offer is competing with whatever they currently commute to.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities, using calculator or computer.
Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.
Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects to ensure conformance to specifications.
Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 17-3022.

Tools and technologies in demand

Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D, Bentley MicroStation, Geographic information system GIS systems, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Autodesk Revit, ESRI ArcGIS software.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Anchorage?

This is a job zone three: medium preparation needed occupation. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 37.7% of Anchorage adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Anchorage commute runs 19 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 9.6% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $14,198 to $21,297 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Price this search

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Hiring a civil engineering technologist somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other architecture and engineering roles in Anchorage

Anchorage is the largest of 1 Alaska cities in this dataset.