State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Massachusetts, $127,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.8%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
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%
Massachusetts
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $127,720
- p25
- $100,010
- p75
- $160,910
- p10
- $78,140
- p90
- $176,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.