State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Kansas, $96,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.6% — not 11.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.9%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+4.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $96,880
- p25
- $77,170
- p75
- $125,990
- p10
- $63,260
- p90
- $150,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- 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.