State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In Kansas, $96,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+4.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $114,730
- p25
- $94,960
- p75
- $134,280
- p10
- $78,940
- p90
- $163,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Kansas
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $96,880
- p25
- $77,170
- p75
- $125,990
- p10
- $63,260
- p90
- $150,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.