State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Oregon
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Oregon, $105,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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%
Oregon
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $105,250
- p25
- $82,580
- p75
- $135,870
- p10
- $77,560
- p90
- $166,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.