State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Florida
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Florida, $104,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 37.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.5%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+28.4%
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%
Florida
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $104,780
- p25
- $80,860
- p75
- $131,550
- p10
- $65,090
- p90
- $164,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.