State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Nevada
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Nevada, $107,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.1%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
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)
- -36%
Nevada
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,400
- p25
- $86,390
- p75
- $135,660
- p10
- $77,000
- p90
- $167,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.