State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Texas
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Texas, $129,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 11.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.3%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
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%
Texas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $129,450
- p25
- $95,130
- p75
- $164,730
- p10
- $76,120
- p90
- $210,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.