State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In Kentucky, $100,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 13.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.7%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+0.1%
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%
Kentucky
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,930
- p25
- $78,960
- p75
- $122,930
- p10
- $65,660
- p90
- $143,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +333%
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.