State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Electrical Engineers in District of Columbia earn a median of $143,000. In Alabama, $125,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 12.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
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%
District of Columbia
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $143,000
- p25
- $111,530
- p75
- $173,790
- p10
- $87,450
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.