State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In Missouri, $92,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Missouri
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $92,750
- p25
- $77,410
- p75
- $114,990
- p10
- $64,950
- p90
- $139,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.