State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Delaware
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Delaware, $126,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.4%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
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)
- -50%
Delaware
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $126,970
- p25
- $100,430
- p75
- $141,150
- p10
- $83,600
- p90
- $152,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.