State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In New Mexico, $103,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.4%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-0.6%
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%
New Mexico
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $103,900
- p25
- $79,570
- p75
- $129,310
- p10
- $67,100
- p90
- $163,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- 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.