State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Oklahoma, $98,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
+24%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
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%
Oklahoma
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $98,760
- p25
- $79,170
- p75
- $127,590
- p10
- $66,550
- p90
- $153,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.