State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs New York
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In New York, $141,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $172,400
- p25
- $135,400
- p75
- $176,390
- p10
- $109,990
- p90
- $207,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
New York
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $141,200
- p25
- $137,260
- p75
- $162,690
- p10
- $114,610
- p90
- $204,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.