Civil Engineers salary in Little Rock, AR

Median pay for civil engineers in Little Rock, AR: $76,810/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $45,650 – $125,300 · about 790 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($88,630) by −$11,820 (-13%).

What it's really worth in Little Rock

With Little Rock's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $76,810 has the buying power of about $85,812 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,664 · median home $231,039 · median rent $1,246/mo.

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How Little Rock ranks for this job

On raw pay, Little Rock, AR is 172nd of the 187 metros we hold civil engineers wages for. Once Little Rock's cost of living is applied, it ranks 148th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Little Rock is one of the places where civil engineers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Little Rock

A median home in Little Rock, AR costs $231,039 — about 3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,246/mo works out at 19% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where civil engineers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Little Rock.

Metro	Median pay	vs Little Rock	Rent vs Little Rock
Sacramento, CA	$125,760	+64%	1.8×
San Francisco, CA	$122,670	+60%	2.6×
San Jose, CA	$119,430	+55%	2.9×
Baton Rouge, LA	$110,110	+43%	1.1×

Same job elsewhere in AR

Metro	Median pay	vs Little Rock	Rent vs Little Rock
Fort Smith, AR	$81,270	+6%	0.8×
Fayetteville, AR	$79,180	+3%	1.3×

Staying in AR keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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