State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alabama vs California
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Alabama, $99,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.2%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $99,010
- p25
- $77,750
- p75
- $128,900
- p10
- $63,930
- p90
- $168,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
California
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $122,500
- p25
- $96,590
- p75
- $149,350
- p10
- $77,980
- p90
- $175,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.