State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Oklahoma, $107,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.7%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+6%
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%
Oklahoma
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,760
- p25
- $89,250
- p75
- $134,190
- p10
- $74,060
- p90
- $187,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.