State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In Massachusetts, $145,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $172,400
- p25
- $135,400
- p75
- $176,390
- p10
- $109,990
- p90
- $207,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Massachusetts
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $145,760
- p25
- $103,790
- p75
- $161,620
- p10
- $67,750
- p90
- $174,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- 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.