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civil engineer

Learned from 299 real résumés for this role.

Across 299 real U.S. résumés for a civil engineer, the most distinctive skills are Construction, Forensic Investigations and Autocad — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Construction
39% have it · 52.9× vs average
Forensic Investigations
3% have it · 97.6× vs average
Autocad
15% have it · 49.1× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

construction
52.9×
39% · N=116
autocad
49.1×
15% · N=46
cost estimates
93.0×
2% · N=6
contractors
51.0×
10% · N=29
maps
61.6×
2% · N=7
utilities
56.6×
3% · N=8
feasibility
67.8×
2% · N=5
storm
54.2×
2% · N=7
specifications
27.1×
18% · N=55
bridges
55.8×
2% · N=6
designs
26.8×
19% · N=56
inspection
38.1×
5% · N=15
grading
39.0×
4% · N=12
criteria
62.0×
1% · N=4

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Not enough dated career history yet to show real next moves for this role.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Not enough dated career history yet to show feeder roles.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Civil Engineer need?

In 299 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Construction (39% have it), Forensic Investigations (3% have it), Autocad (15% have it), Cost Estimates (2% have it), Contractors (10% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Civil Engineer roles move on to next?

Not enough dated career history exists yet for this role to show real next moves, so we say so rather than invent a path.

What roles lead into Civil Engineer?

Not enough dated career history exists yet to show which roles feed into this one, so we show an honest empty state.

Does this page show Civil Engineer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 299 of them are Civil Engineer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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