State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Illinois vs Texas
Electrical Engineers in Texas earn a median of $129,450. In Illinois, $107,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-19.1%
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%
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.