State comparison · 2025
Mechanical Engineers salary: California vs Mississippi
Mechanical Engineers in California earn a median of $130,900. In Mississippi, $98,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.6%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $130,900
- p25
- $102,360
- p75
- $166,580
- p10
- $82,070
- p90
- $203,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Mississippi
Mechanical Engineers
- Median
- $98,000
- p25
- $75,510
- p75
- $127,410
- p10
- $62,210
- p90
- $136,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.