State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Minnesota, $101,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.7%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $101,480
- p25
- $80,500
- p75
- $129,670
- p10
- $65,840
- p90
- $159,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -84%
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.