State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Kentucky, $100,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 8.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.2%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,930
- p25
- $78,960
- p75
- $122,930
- p10
- $65,660
- p90
- $143,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +333%
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.