Civil Engineers Salary in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Median annual salary
$108,240
+7% vs US median ($100,840)
Worth after local cost of living
$117,270
cost index 92.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
| 10th percentile | $70,000 |
| 25th percentile | $81,050 |
| Median (50th) | $108,240 |
| 75th percentile | $128,730 |
| 90th percentile | $156,760 |
| Mean | $111,530 |
| Employed in metro | 1,070 |
A Civil Engineers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA earns a median of $108,240 per year. That is 7% above the national median of $100,840 for this occupation. Because New Orleans-Metairie, LA has a cost index of 92.3 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $117,270 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $62,655, median gross rent $1,217/mo, and the median home value $260,200. See the full New Orleans-Metairie, LA cost-of-living profile.