CAREER ADVICE: CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR HIGHER SALARY

India is a developing country with an annual growth rate of 10 percent in the field of construction and infrastructure. With this high growth rates you should consider yourself lucky if you are a civil engineer. As 10 percent growth rate in construction sector will create tons of job opportunities in upcoming years in India. 

Construction is the backbone of the industrialization and development of any country, no country can achieve it without useful contribution from the civil engineering field. On an average civil engineering salary in India has been increased significantly due to enormous demand in this field for past couple of years. If you are a civil engineering student or graduating in a year or so then civil engineering field will offer you 4th highest salary in the country after Oil, software, IT and energy sector.

SALARY DECIDING FACTOR IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Salary will depend upon degree and college where you are studying. For instance, a student who did graduation from IIT will get higher salary than other person who completed graduation from regional college or state university. Good salary compensation in top private companies will depend upon the college reputation and marks you have scored.  

On the other hand salary in government sector is almost fixed for all civil engineers whether you did graduation from IIT or any other state college, and compensation will be paid as per the government rules and regulations. To get a job in the government sector, one has to pass the interview followed by a written examination. 

WILL GOVERNMENT SECTOR PAY YOU MORE SALARY THAN PRIVATE SECTOR?

It is a debatable question, but many of people will give edge to private sector over government sector.  Private companies will pay civil engineer more salary,  because private companies decides salary and packages as per current market scenario, whereas government sector sets pay scale as per suggestion received from pay commission. 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SALARY IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR

A fresher in civil engineering field can join as a junior engineer or assistant engineer. These graduate engineer will initially get a salary ranges from 12000 to 15000 per month. Following are the major government sector/companies offering highest salary to civil engineering professionals;

1. PSU or Public Sector Undertaking
2. Central Public Work Department
3. Indian defense services or Military Engineering services
4. Indian Railways
5. National highway Authorities of India
6. State government – Engineering division 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SALARY IN PRIVATE SECTOR

A fresher in private sector can join as a trainee or an Engineer. These graduate engineers will get a salary depending upon the following job criteria;

• Diploma civil Engineer Salary – 10000 to 15000 per Month
• BE/Btech Civil Engineer Salary – 20000 to 25000 per Month
• IIT Gradate civil Engineer Salary – 30000 to 60000 per Month

Following are the major construction sectors which offers highest salary to civil engineers in private sector;

1. Hotel and hospitality industry
2. Oil and gas industry
3. Power and Energy Industry
4. Pharmaceuticals and chemical industry
5. Construction and infrastructure companies
6. Cement industry

Above information may be useful to select the right sort of industry after graduating from civil Engineering. If you have any question, please ask below in comment section.

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