State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Wyoming
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Wyoming, $111,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
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%
Wyoming
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $111,740
- p25
- $93,440
- p75
- $127,290
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $146,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.