State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Pennsylvania, $97,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
-11%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.