State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Electrical Engineers in District of Columbia earn a median of $143,000. In Delaware, $126,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 11.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.2%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $126,970
- p25
- $100,430
- p75
- $141,150
- p10
- $83,600
- p90
- $152,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.