State comparison · 2025
Mining and Geological Engineers salary: California vs Tennessee
Mining and Geological Engineers in California earn a median of $158,130. In Tennessee, $100,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 57.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.5%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $158,130
- p25
- $122,120
- p75
- $169,770
- p10
- $84,430
- p90
- $175,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Tennessee
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $100,390
- p25
- $66,270
- p75
- $112,990
- p10
- $54,390
- p90
- $130,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.