State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Arkansas vs California
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Arkansas, $85,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.6%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $85,020
- p25
- $64,500
- p75
- $105,090
- p10
- $44,810
- p90
- $132,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.