State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In Pennsylvania, $97,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $97,850
- p25
- $77,920
- p75
- $122,320
- p10
- $67,930
- p90
- $141,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.