State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Arkansas, $85,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.8%
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%
Washington
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $110,000
- p25
- $96,230
- p75
- $133,050
- p10
- $81,840
- p90
- $160,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- 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.