What is the highest and lowest pay for Resident Engineer?

As of January 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Resident Engineer in Waterloo, IA is $75,212. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $61,652 to a high of $90,667, with most professionals earning between $68,114 and $83,302.

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Resident Engineer Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Resident Engineer Salary $61,652 Waterloo,IA January 01, 2025
25th Percentile Resident Engineer Salary $68,114 Waterloo,IA January 01, 2025
50th Percentile Resident Engineer Salary $75,212 Waterloo,IA January 01, 2025
75th Percentile Resident Engineer Salary $83,302 Waterloo,IA January 01, 2025
90th Percentile Resident Engineer Salary $90,667 Waterloo,IA January 01, 2025
25% $68,114 10% $61,652 90% $90,667 75% $83,302 $75,212 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Resident Engineer ?

A resident engineer is a construction occupation. It often describes an engineer employed to work from site for the client or the design engineer. The duties include supervision of and issuing of instructions to the contractor and to report regularly to the designer and/or client. The role was common historically and was also defined in the Institution of Civil Engineers Conditions of Contract and FIDIC contracts. It is not a defined role in the commonly used and more modern NEC Engineering and Construction Contract in which similar roles are named as the client's "project manager" and "su...

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Job Openings for Resident Engineer in Waterloo, IA

Career Path for this job

  1. This Job:

    Resident Engineer

    0 - 2 years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

  2. Up a level:

    Civil Engineer II

    2 - 4 years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

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Average Base Salary

Core compensation

 
 
 
68114
83302
75212

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

 
 
 
68600
84695
75753
These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Resident Engineer in Waterloo, IA. The base salary for Resident Engineer ranges from $68,114 to $83,302 with the average base salary of $75,212. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $68,600 to $84,695 with the average total cash compensation of $75,753.
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About Waterloo, Iowa    Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population decreased by 0....More

Waterloo, Iowa  area prices were up 0.8% from a year ago

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