State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Nebraska
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Nebraska, $103,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.8%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
-3.3%
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%
Nebraska
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $103,150
- p25
- $80,410
- p75
- $125,930
- p10
- $68,950
- p90
- $149,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +57%
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.