State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Kentucky
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Kentucky, $98,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+19.1%
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%
Kentucky
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $98,550
- p25
- $77,290
- p75
- $117,150
- p10
- $63,270
- p90
- $138,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.