State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Engineers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Nuclear Engineers in California earn a median of $172,400. In Wisconsin, $93,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.4% — not 85.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+85.2%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+57.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $172,400
- p25
- $135,400
- p75
- $176,390
- p10
- $109,990
- p90
- $207,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Wisconsin
Nuclear Engineers
- Median
- $93,080
- p25
- $87,750
- p75
- $125,000
- p10
- $80,760
- p90
- $159,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.