State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Tennessee
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Tennessee, $104,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.9%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
Tennessee
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $104,450
- p25
- $84,220
- p75
- $132,050
- p10
- $73,850
- p90
- $166,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.