State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Civil Engineers in New York earn a median of $103,760. In Pennsylvania, $97,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 6%.
Nominal pay gap
+6%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-4.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $97,850
- p25
- $77,920
- p75
- $122,320
- p10
- $67,930
- p90
- $141,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.