State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: Texas vs Washington
Electrical Engineers in Washington earn a median of $132,710. In Texas, $129,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 2.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.5%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.