State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: California vs Wyoming
Civil Engineers in California earn a median of $122,500. In Wyoming, $90,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+13.2%
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%
Wyoming
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $90,590
- p25
- $77,610
- p75
- $106,220
- p10
- $67,870
- p90
- $133,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.