State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Georgia
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Georgia, $84,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 45.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.4%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Georgia
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $84,240
- p25
- $75,090
- p75
- $114,380
- p10
- $62,850
- p90
- $153,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.