State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs New Hampshire
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In New Hampshire, $135,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.1%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-0.1%
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%
New Hampshire
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $135,710
- p25
- $103,460
- p75
- $169,020
- p10
- $92,700
- p90
- $202,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.