State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Alabama vs California
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Alabama, $125,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.8%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,630
- p25
- $98,220
- p75
- $153,280
- p10
- $77,840
- p90
- $180,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
California
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $144,040
- p25
- $106,100
- p75
- $185,520
- p10
- $81,840
- p90
- $217,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.