Civil Engineer Salary in Alabama (2026)

Worth knowing: BL Harbert International Birmingham is one of the largest US construction firms HQ'd in the Deep South and a feature most national civil engineering surveys understate for AL. BL Harbert International (private construction firm founded 1949, ~$2.5B+ revenue, ~6K global employees including substantial Birmingham HQ + international operations, the country's 50th-largest construction company by revenue) operates substantial domestic + international heavy commercial construction including substantial Department of State diplomatic facility construction (BL Harbert is one of the major construction contractors for US embassies + State Department facilities globally — one of only 3 contractors approved for US embassy construction in recent decades). Senior BL Harbert construction managers clear $118-185K+ TC. Brasfield & Gorrie Birmingham (~$5B revenue, the country's 22nd-largest construction company by revenue, founded 1964 in Birmingham) is the largest AL-HQ'd construction firm + among the largest US Southeast commercial builders. The substantial post-2000 AL automotive cluster facility construction (Mercedes-Benz Vance + Honda Lincoln + Hyundai Montgomery + Mazda Toyota Huntsville + multiple tier-1/2 supplier facilities) created substantial industrial construction demand. The Huntsville NASA Marshall + Redstone Arsenal continuous facility expansion + Cummings Research Park growth supports substantial cleared facility construction. Airbus Mobile Final Assembly + Austal USA Mobile shipbuilding supports coastal aerospace + Navy construction. AL's 5% top + Federal Income Tax Deduction + RTW since 1953.