State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Massachusetts, $106,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.8%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $106,730
- p25
- $84,570
- p75
- $134,810
- p10
- $78,280
- p90
- $165,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- 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.