I'm an EIT and have done masters in civil with 4 years of experience. I am applying for P.eng next year. currently I make 31$ CAD an hour and 35$ expense per day. I feel I am very underpaid and should change the line of work to make more money. Can anyone please share your thoughts and what line of work I should go into?

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Talk to your manager or find another job. I’m a EIT on NJ with 4 of experience and going for my PE this year and I currently make 115k.Last year I was making only 77k but I got an offer from another firm and my company gave me 40% raise and additional week of PTO to stay.

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