State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs New Jersey
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In New Jersey, $125,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 14.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.9%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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 Jersey
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,370
- p25
- $98,510
- p75
- $147,640
- p10
- $80,630
- p90
- $174,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.