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At boeing in WA, most entry level engineers, despite your field, start between 78-82k. And can hit level 2 in 1-2 years which pays around 95k. We also get paid a little overtime, so for example if you work avg 4 hrs OT per week. You'll get aroumd 9k extra over a year. So, depending on OT, a couple years.
I also have a friend who works at spacex in WA, he started at 80k, and was at 100k in around 3. 5 yrs, but they get lottts of stock on top of that
What did they start you at?
It definitely depends upon your starting salary and promotions. As a civil engineer, it took me 6 to 7 years to make $100k. However, I started at $45k and had several promotions along the way.
Jumping to a current typical starting Civil Engineer salary ($65k), I still think around 5 years is a good estimate. That equals to about a 9% raise per year which is above average. To get or beat that you will need to have promotions between annual raises.
Each promotion after getting your license comes with more responsibility (Managing projects, managing staff, selling/winning projects.)
I graduated in May and started at 63k. 12.5% raise in annual review 6 months later and now at 71k. It seems that it's around 4-5 years to reach that 100k threshold assuming a consistent raise % year over year. I work in stormwater design and management in Seattle, so it might vary depending on field of civil engineering as well.