State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Oregon vs Washington
Electrical Engineers in Washington earn a median of $132,710. In Oregon, $125,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.7%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $125,160
- p25
- $100,460
- p75
- $141,010
- p10
- $83,500
- p90
- $166,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
Washington
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $132,710
- p25
- $103,910
- p75
- $166,160
- p10
- $85,540
- p90
- $185,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.