State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Electrical Engineers in District of Columbia earn a median of $143,000. In Colorado, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.6%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $120,760
- p25
- $98,090
- p75
- $147,040
- p10
- $81,720
- p90
- $177,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
District of Columbia
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $143,000
- p25
- $111,530
- p75
- $173,790
- p10
- $87,450
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.