State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs North Dakota
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In North Dakota, $110,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+4.5%
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 Dakota
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $110,810
- p25
- $83,380
- p75
- $129,640
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $155,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- 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.