State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Mississippi
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Mississippi, $104,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
California vs Mississippi
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%
Mississippi
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $104,990
- p25
- $80,760
- p75
- $130,490
- p10
- $60,130
- p90
- $156,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.