B.Tech Civil Engineering Placement Trends - India is home to around 5900 engineering colleges. Of these, 19 IITs, 31 NITs and 14 GFTIs provide BTech Civil Engineering courses. Over 5168 seats are available for BTech CE admission in these colleges. Here, we have compiled the year wise highest, lowest and average salary details for the top 33 engineering colleges in India. Candidates are advised to refer to the placement details before selecting an institute. The average salary stood at 9.96 LPA for the 2023-24 academic year. As per previous year trends, there has been an overall drop in the placement percentage at top engineering colleges. For more in-depth placement analysis, refer to the article below.
As per last year's trends, the expected JEE Main 2026 cut-off for the general category is 93- 95 percentile, for OBC-NCL it is 80-82 percentile, and for SC and ST it is 60-49 percentile.
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The three-year placement analysis shows that there has been a drop in the highest and average salary for BTech CE. Also, the percentage of students placed this year has decreased considerably, owing to the global economic slowdown.
Year | Maximum Salary Package (in lakhs) | Minimum Salary Package (in lakhs) | Average Salary Package (in lakhs) | Placement Percentage (%) |
2021-22 | 23.34 | 5.30 | 10.90 | 65.42 |
2022-23 | 22.43 | _ | 12.21 | 70.16 |
2023-24 | 20.85 | 7.37 | 9.96 | 49 |
As observed, the difference in the number of students registered for placement and the actual number of students who received job offers is high for the 2023-24 academic year. It indicates that the BTech CE placements are comparatively poor this year.
BTech Civil Engineering Placement Statistics- Year Wise
Year | Students Registered for Placement | Students Placed |
2021-22 | 425 | 291 |
2022-23 | 285 | 197 |
2023-24 | 390 | 194 |
IIT BHU, IIT Dhanbad and IIT Indore have secured some of the highest salaries for BTech CE during the campus placements in 2024. The following table mentions the calculated average of salaries offered in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years.
Year Wise Comparison of BTech Civil Engineering Salary
Year | Maximum Salary Package (in lakhs) | Minimum Salary Package (in lakhs) | Average Salary Package (in lakhs) | Placement Percentage (%) |
2021-22 | 34.62 | 6.54 | 14.40 | 78.05 |
2022-23 | 35.35 | _ | 15.32 | 74.79 |
2023-24 | 29.78 | 11.76 | 13.49 | 44.26 |
As per the available data, IIT Indore and IIT Bhubaneshwar have reported the maximum number of placements for BTech CE among others. Check the table for more information.
BTech Civil Engineering Placement Statistics of IITs
Institute Name | Intake 2023-24 | Students Registered for Placements (2023-24) | Placement Offer Accepted by Students (2023-24) | Students Placement % (2023-24) |
IIT Bhubaneshwar | _ | 31 | 21 | 67.74 |
IIT Dhanbad | 61 | 55 | 21 | 38.18 |
IIT Kharagpur | 62 | 28 | 45.16 | |
IIT Tirupati | 37 | 30 | 4 | 13.33 |
IIT BHU | 110 | _ | _ | 47.20 |
IIT Gandhinagar | 32 | _ | _ | 31.03 |
IIT Indore | 50 | _ | _ | 71.05 |
IIT Jammu | 40 | _ | _ | 40 |
IIT Palakkad | 32 | _ | _ | 42.31 |
IIT Patna | 64 | _ | _ | 46.60 |

*Placement Percentage as per the data available for 10 institutes, red highlighted institutes have less than 50% placement for the year 2023-24
NIT Trichy students have secured the highest salary package of Rs 33 LPA for domestic placements. Here we have provided the average of maximum, minimum and average BTech CE salary reported by top NIT colleges in India.
Year Wise BTech Civil Engineering Placement Statistics
Year | Maximum Salary Package (in lakhs) | Minimum Salary Package (in lakhs) | Average Salary Package (in lakhs) | Placement Percentage (%) |
2021-22 | 13.67 | 4.05 | 7.40 | 51.48 |
2022-23 | 9.50 | _ | 6 | 61.90 |
2023-24 | 15.82 | 4.86 | 7.76 | 51.48 |
Among the institutions that have reported the highest percentage of placements, NIT Mizoram (100%) and NIT Jamshedpur (92.55%) top the list. Check the details of other NIT colleges in India here.
BTech Civil Engineering Placement Statistics of NITs
Institute Name | Intake 2023-24 | Students Registered for Placements (2023-24) | Placement Offer Accepted by Students (2023-24) | Students Placement % (2023-24) |
NIT Mizoram | 34 | 11 | 11 | 100 |
MNIT Jaipur | 115 | 104 | 54 | 51.92 |
NIT Jalandhar | 83 | 61 | 41 | 67.21 |
NIT Sikkim | 30 | 21 | 10 | 47.62 |
NIT Uttarakhand | 28 | 15 | 4 | 26.67 |
NIT Raipur | 97 | _ | 25 | 30.90 |
NIT Durgapur | 80 | _ | _ | 53.52 |
NIT Goa | 37 | _ | _ | 21.40 |
NIT H | 123 | _ | _ | 67.70 |
NIT Jamshedpur | 99 | _ | _ | 92.55 |
NIT Kurukshetra | 108 | _ | _ | 25.73 |
NIT Meghalaya | 33 | _ | _ | 31.81 |
NIT Patna | 120 | _ | _ | 46.60 |
NIT Puducherry | 45 | _ | _ | 45 |
NIT Silchar | 157 | _ | _ | 42.86 |
NIT Tiruchirappalli | 118 | _ | _ | 79.80 |

*Placement Percentage as per the data available for 16 institutes, red highlighted institutes have less than 50% placement for the year 2023-24
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