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                                      |  | The table below provides Average Hourly and Average Annual Wages for Civil Engineers by Industry. The first table presents high-level categories of industries. To  view figures for specific industries, click on the name of any category. |  |  
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                                            | The first U.S. patent, issued in 1790 to Samuel Hopkins for a potassium compound, was signed by both President George Washington and then Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. |  |  |  
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