State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Colorado
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Colorado, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.3%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+11.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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)
- -36%
Colorado
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $120,760
- p25
- $98,090
- p75
- $147,040
- p10
- $81,720
- p90
- $177,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.