State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Pennsylvania, $97,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $97,850
- p25
- $77,920
- p75
- $122,320
- p10
- $67,930
- p90
- $141,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.