State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs South Carolina
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In South Carolina, $126,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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
South Carolina
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $126,570
- p25
- $104,730
- p75
- $138,250
- p10
- $83,970
- p90
- $159,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.