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Transportation Engineer

💰 Earn $94K-$146K

📚 Bachelor Degree

⏱️ 24–48 Month Training

📈 5% Job Growth

Shape the future of travel by designing efficient transportation systems.
Enhance community connectivity and safety through innovative infrastructure projects.
Collaborate with diverse teams to transform urban landscapes and improve traffic flow.

What Transportation Engineers DoDevelop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow.

Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.
Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting.
Confer with contractors, utility companies, or government agencies to discuss plans, specifications, or work schedules.
Design or engineer drainage, erosion, or sedimentation control systems for transportation projects.
Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.

Transportation Engineers Education, Salary, and Growth

Minimum EducationBachelor Degree

Career ProspectsExcellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time2 to 4 years

Job Openings23,600 Annually

Median Earnings

$118,450 in California

$99,590 Nationally

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