State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Idaho vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Idaho, $98,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 10.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.9%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $98,030
- p25
- $78,990
- p75
- $113,160
- p10
- $67,250
- p90
- $141,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.