State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Wisconsin, $99,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.5%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+22.8%
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%
Wisconsin
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $99,700
- p25
- $82,200
- p75
- $123,120
- p10
- $74,850
- p90
- $132,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.