State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Electrical Engineers in Illinois earn a median of $107,860. In Indiana, $102,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.1%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
-2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $107,860
- p25
- $87,360
- p75
- $131,960
- p10
- $75,470
- p90
- $164,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
Indiana
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $81,690
- p75
- $127,190
- p10
- $69,290
- p90
- $152,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.