State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Kansas
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Kansas, $102,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 40.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.3%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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%
Kansas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $102,630
- p25
- $82,900
- p75
- $128,920
- p10
- $72,230
- p90
- $159,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.