State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs North Carolina
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In North Carolina, $110,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.8%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
North Carolina
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $110,130
- p25
- $79,370
- p75
- $148,330
- p10
- $66,800
- p90
- $203,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.