State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Electrical Engineers in Texas earn a median of $129,450. In Colorado, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.7%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
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%
Texas
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $129,450
- p25
- $95,130
- p75
- $164,730
- p10
- $76,120
- p90
- $210,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.