State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Louisiana
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Louisiana, $105,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.2%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-7.4%
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%
Louisiana
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $105,380
- p25
- $78,770
- p75
- $127,940
- p10
- $64,570
- p90
- $156,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.