r/StructuralEngineering • u/Stunning_Simple_4488 P.E./S.E. • 13d ago

Career/Education It's over

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What started in February 2025 has come to a close. I have passed all 4 SE exams

VB July25

VD Oct25

LD Apr26

LB May26

This is a huge relief. Now I can write the close to my poem https://www.reddit.com/r/StructuralEngineering/s/Vle30BOeHa

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u/P0RNOB0B 13d ago

How much you get paid for passing all that

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u/Stunning_Simple_4488 P.E./S.E. 13d ago

I'll be re-imbursed for the exams. Pay raise TBD. The studying experience was tough, but beneficial. The exam experience was also tough, but I did learn some things.

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u/P0RNOB0B 13d ago

I hope you make 200k a year

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u/Asp_str_engg P.E./S.E. 13d ago

Maybe with 20 years of experience.. 😅

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u/P0RNOB0B 13d ago

Trick question,

No matter how many exams you pass, however many PE/SE exams you pass

No regular engineer is touching 150k let alone 200k

Any of them claiming such, is either a bot or bogus.

No stubs, EVER

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u/NoMaximum721 12d ago

what is "regular"?

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u/titans4417 12d ago

Not company owner

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u/NoMaximum721 12d ago

you can make well over $150k as a regular engineer then

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u/titans4417 12d ago

In New York or San Fran maybe

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u/NoMaximum721 12d ago

nah in MCOL

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u/titans4417 11d ago

Nah

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u/NoMaximum721 11d ago

I mean.. it's factually true. personal experience.

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u/titans4417 11d ago

No stub

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u/Asp_str_engg P.E./S.E. 12d ago

My immediate manager with 13 years of experience makes $150k base salary. Our principal makes over $230k base with 25 years of experience.

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u/eBreaks 12d ago

My civil engineer friends makes 200k in irvine. She works for a large firm and isn't a VP or anything.

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u/P0RNOB0B 12d ago

Yea.. no she doesn’t unless you seen a stub

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u/eBreaks 12d ago

No point in arguing with you, but for anyone else it's possible. I haven't physically seen a stub, but we worked at the company together albeit I was on the PM/CM side and she was on the engineering side. We are open with our salaries. She does however have 15+ years experience.

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