State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Mississippi
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Mississippi, $100,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
-3.9%
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%
Mississippi
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,170
- p25
- $75,730
- p75
- $124,240
- p10
- $49,840
- p90
- $162,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.