State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Maine
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Maine, $114,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.7%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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%
Maine
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $114,620
- p25
- $97,590
- p75
- $133,580
- p10
- $78,930
- p90
- $161,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.