State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Iowa
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Iowa, $105,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.1%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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%
Iowa
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $105,820
- p25
- $93,980
- p75
- $127,530
- p10
- $76,720
- p90
- $155,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.