State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs Idaho
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In Idaho, $133,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $172,400
- p25
- $135,400
- p75
- $176,390
- p10
- $109,990
- p90
- $207,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Idaho
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $133,970
- p25
- $107,030
- p75
- $136,500
- p10
- $104,070
- p90
- $176,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.