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Engineering jobs in Canberra, ACT

Engineering roles within 150km of Canberra— who's advertising, what they pay, and the latest openings.

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223Roles in region
101 ↑New this week
$165kMedian annual salary

What you'd take home

+$0/week

As a Engineering worker in Canberra, the median advertised salary is about $990 more per week than the national median.

Canberra

Median salary
$3,173/wk
Median rent
$450/wk

Take-home after rent

$2,723/wk

National median

Median salary
$2,183/wk
Median rent
No capital rent data

≈ +$51,480/year difference in salary alone.

State-capital salary data wasn't available for this classification, so this compares against the national median instead. Canberra's rent is shown for context only — it isn't netted against a capital figure we don't have.

Housing-based estimate. Compares median advertised salary and median weekly rent; excludes food, transport and other living costs. Salary from live listings; rent from ABS regional data.

By the numbers

223 Engineering roles in Canberra

101 new roles this week· 223 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time112 (50%)
  • Other90 (40%)
  • Contract15 (7%)
  • Casual3 (1%)
  • Part-time2 (1%)
  • Gig1 (0%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Canberra.

  • 1CEA Technologies was established in 1983 by two former Naval Officers with a goal of creating a centre of excellence for the design and support of systems for the Australian Defence Force.5
  • 2Evoenergy5
  • 3CSIRO4
  • 4Leidos Australia4
  • 5Amentum3
  • 6KBR, Inc.3
  • 7Australian National University2
  • 8Hindmarsh2

Advertised salary

Which Engineering sub-fields pay most.

$165kmedian annualised advertised pay
  • Mining - Engineering & Maintenance$251.9k
  • Management$220.5k
  • Industrial$191.6k
  • Aerospace$171.9k
  • Electrical/Electronic$170k
  • Project Engineering$155k
  • Civil/Structural$123.8k
  • Water & Waste$110k

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Engineering broken down by specialism — each tile jumps to the latest roles.

Electrical/Electronic56 rolesElectrical/ElectronicAerospace27 rolesAerospaceCivil/Structural27 rolesCivil/StructuralProject Engineering21 rolesProject EngineeringMaintenance14 rolesMaintenanceField Engineering13 rolesField EngineeringManagement13 rolesManagementOther11 rolesOtherWater & Waste7 rolesWater & WasteBuilding Services7 rolesBuilding ServicesMechanical7 rolesMechanicalEnvironmental5 rolesEnvironmental

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