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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer pay in Alabama and California
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electronics Engineers, Except Computer is $120,720 per year in Alabama. It is $160,520 per year in California. Alabama is 24.8% below California on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2072 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,940 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 20,830 in California. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings