State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Indiana
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Indiana, $98,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+5.1%
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%
Indiana
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $98,270
- p25
- $77,510
- p75
- $121,550
- p10
- $64,200
- p90
- $140,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.