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PE license salary: $132K median

The median advertised PE license salary is $132K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $107K to $182K: counted from 90 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $64 an hour or $11,021 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $256K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$132Kmedian advertised salary
$107K – $182Kmiddle half of roles
$155Kaverage advertised salary
90roles counted

PE license salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $210K, 41% more than senior roles ($149K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$149K$128K–$160K18
Lead and above$210K$200K–$262K17
No level in the title$115K$100K–$142K51

PE license salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸California$162K27
🇺🇸United States$132K85

Skills that pay more for PE license roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
National Electrical Code$185K+$53K9
Low voltage$162K+$30K15
Hydraulics$154K+$22K13
NFPA 70E$132K+$0K9

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Lambda$398K4
OpenAI$231K5
Valar Atomics$160K9
Benesch$145K7
Crusoe$132K3
Felsburg Holt & Ullevig$132K5
Apex Companies$130K19
Armada$128K3
Re:Build Manufacturing$114K3
ARCO/Murray National Construction$100K3
CannonDesign$78K8

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Questions about PE license pay

What is the average PE license salary?
$155K a year on average and $132K at the median, across 90 open PE license postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?
The middle half of the postings offer $107K to $182K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest PE license pay?
Lambda ($398K), OpenAI ($231K), Valar Atomics ($160K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a pe license a high-paying job?
The median PE license posting advertises $132K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 24% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a pe license?
A tenth of the postings offer $256K a year or more; the highest open PE license role advertises up to $465K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the PE license salary per hour and per month?
The median of $132K a year is about $64 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $11,021 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $51 to $88 an hour.
Which skills pay more for PE license roles?
Postings that ask for National Electrical Code (+$53K, 9 postings), Low voltage (+$30K, 15 postings), Hydraulics (+$22K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $132K median of all PE license postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

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