State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Arkansas vs California
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Arkansas, $96,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $96,860
- p25
- $79,520
- p75
- $115,810
- p10
- $67,920
- p90
- $136,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.