State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Illinois
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Illinois, $107,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 33.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.5%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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%
Illinois
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,860
- p25
- $87,360
- p75
- $131,960
- p10
- $75,470
- p90
- $164,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.