State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Arizona vs California
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Arizona, $89,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.8%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $89,660
- p25
- $76,340
- p75
- $109,930
- p10
- $63,740
- p90
- $138,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
California
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $122,500
- p25
- $96,590
- p75
- $149,350
- p10
- $77,980
- p90
- $175,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.