State comparison · 2025
Civil Engineers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Civil Engineers in Washington earn a median of $110,000. In Wisconsin, $94,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.3%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wisconsin
Civil Engineers
- Median
- $94,600
- p25
- $75,920
- p75
- $111,400
- p10
- $67,590
- p90
- $131,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.