State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Maryland
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Maryland, $100,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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%
Maryland
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,680
- p25
- $81,640
- p75
- $126,620
- p10
- $75,550
- p90
- $152,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.