When I Grow Up

By: Jackson

What I Want to be

When I grow up I am interested in being a civil engineer. A civil engineer plans and builds buildings and roads for public use.

Pros and Cons of Being a Civil Engineer

PROS: Civil Engineers help cities by building buildings and roads. Improved

buildings and roads help the economy grow. Civil Engineers earn high pay. Civil Engineers don’t always have to stay in their office.

CONS: They work long hours during the week. 40+ hours. Often they are on the road overseeing projects on site. Failed projects could make business fail.

Schooling To be a civil engineer means many years of college. You have to earn a

bachelors degree in civil engineering from an accredited program. Some of the courses that need to be completed are:

Calculus Trigonometry Thermodynamics Physics ChemistryAll of these are important, especially the mathematics courses because it helps engineers make the calculations necessary to plan a building or road.

Then you have to get a state license (professional engineer license). To maintain the license you must complete continuing education courses.

Industry and Industry growth

Right now there are 272,900 jobs in the working industry.

From 2012-2022 the job growth is approximately 20%

Money Management

It is sometimes tough to manage money. Make a plan to get it organized so you are not out of money. A civil engineer earns an average salary of $79,470.00.

Here is the breakdown for an average civil engineer’s monthly income and expenses: Monthly Income= $6113.60Savings: 10% = $611.36Housing: 25% = $1528.40Transportation: 5% = $305.68Food: 15% = $917.04Clothes: 5% = $305.68

Money Management ContinuedUtilities: 20% = $1222.72Personal Expenses: 5% = $305.68Entertainment: 3% = $183.40Set Aside: 2% = $122.28Left Over: 10% = $611.36

Pie Chart(Money)

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$611.36 Sales

SavingsHousingTransportFoodUtilitiesClothesExpensesEntertainment Set AsideLeft Over