State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Missouri
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Missouri, $92,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 32.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.1%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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%
Missouri
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $92,750
- p25
- $77,410
- p75
- $114,990
- p10
- $64,950
- p90
- $139,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.