State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Oregon
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Oregon, $125,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.1%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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)
- -36%
Oregon
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,160
- p25
- $100,460
- p75
- $141,010
- p10
- $83,500
- p90
- $166,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.