State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Alaska vs California
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Alaska, $125,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,970
- p25
- $96,210
- p75
- $137,840
- p10
- $82,360
- p90
- $177,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.