State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Electrical Engineers in New York earn a median of $119,010. In Pennsylvania, $110,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.4%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-2.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $119,010
- p25
- $91,580
- p75
- $144,250
- p10
- $74,870
- p90
- $168,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
Pennsylvania
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $110,820
- p25
- $91,390
- p75
- $136,300
- p10
- $77,650
- p90
- $167,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.