State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs West Virginia
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In West Virginia, $113,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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%
West Virginia
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $113,420
- p25
- $88,610
- p75
- $132,720
- p10
- $76,830
- p90
- $156,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.