State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Civil Engineers in North Carolina earn a median of $100,730. In Florida, $98,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 2.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.1%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $98,570
- p25
- $76,740
- p75
- $128,450
- p10
- $58,640
- p90
- $166,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
North Carolina
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,730
- p25
- $79,140
- p75
- $125,730
- p10
- $70,760
- p90
- $160,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.