State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Missouri
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Missouri, $118,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
-0.4%
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%
Missouri
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $118,670
- p25
- $94,230
- p75
- $157,990
- p10
- $77,620
- p90
- $166,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.