State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Delaware, $100,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,220
- p25
- $81,470
- p75
- $126,810
- p10
- $74,560
- p90
- $153,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
Washington
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $110,000
- p25
- $96,230
- p75
- $133,050
- p10
- $81,840
- p90
- $160,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.