State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Louisiana
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Louisiana, $123,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
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%
Louisiana
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $123,710
- p25
- $92,930
- p75
- $157,970
- p10
- $77,210
- p90
- $178,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.