State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Civil Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $106,730. In New York, $103,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.9%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+4.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $106,730
- p25
- $84,570
- p75
- $134,810
- p10
- $78,280
- p90
- $165,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
New York
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $103,760
- p25
- $84,740
- p75
- $135,920
- p10
- $77,290
- p90
- $169,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.