State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Minnesota
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Minnesota, $101,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.7%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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%
Minnesota
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $101,480
- p25
- $80,500
- p75
- $129,670
- p10
- $65,840
- p90
- $159,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -84%
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.