State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In Mississippi, $100,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.5%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
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%
Mississippi
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,170
- p25
- $75,730
- p75
- $124,240
- p10
- $49,840
- p90
- $162,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.