State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs Minnesota
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In Minnesota, $150,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 14.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.7%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.2%
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
Minnesota
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $150,260
- p25
- $126,760
- p75
- $157,560
- p10
- $116,680
- p90
- $203,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.