State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Minnesota
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Minnesota, $109,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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%
Minnesota
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $109,510
- p25
- $94,100
- p75
- $137,970
- p10
- $78,750
- p90
- $167,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.