State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Rhode Island, $99,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.6% — not 9.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.7%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $99,300
- p25
- $79,040
- p75
- $150,160
- p10
- $77,800
- p90
- $151,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.