State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Civil Engineers in Colorado earn a median of $101,420. In Texas, $96,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.7%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $101,420
- p25
- $82,830
- p75
- $132,200
- p10
- $76,810
- p90
- $165,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
Texas
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $96,860
- p25
- $77,200
- p75
- $127,340
- p10
- $63,240
- p90
- $164,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.