State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Civil Engineers in Illinois earn a median of $99,760. In Indiana, $98,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.5%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
-5.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $99,760
- p25
- $79,650
- p75
- $125,990
- p10
- $69,590
- p90
- $157,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
Indiana
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $98,270
- p25
- $77,510
- p75
- $121,550
- p10
- $64,200
- p90
- $140,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.