State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Mississippi, $100,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $100,170
- p25
- $75,730
- p75
- $124,240
- p10
- $49,840
- p90
- $162,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.