State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Alaska vs Wisconsin
Civil Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $114,730. In Wisconsin, $94,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
Alaska vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $94,600
- p25
- $75,920
- p75
- $111,400
- p10
- $67,590
- p90
- $131,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.