State comparison · 2025
Mining and Geological Engineers salary: Arizona vs California
Mining and Geological Engineers in California earn a median of $158,130. In Arizona, $102,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.4%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $102,130
- p25
- $97,130
- p75
- $124,700
- p10
- $82,390
- p90
- $173,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
California
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $158,130
- p25
- $122,120
- p75
- $169,770
- p10
- $84,430
- p90
- $175,940
- 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.