State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Indiana
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Indiana, $102,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 40.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.3%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+18.2%
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%
Indiana
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $81,690
- p75
- $127,190
- p10
- $69,290
- p90
- $152,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.