State comparison · 2024
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Alaska vs California
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Alaska, $136,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $136,080
- p25
- $106,720
- p75
- $141,000
- p10
- $94,090
- p90
- $176,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $185,180
- p25
- $150,700
- p75
- $219,980
- p10
- $126,590
- p90
- $281,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. 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.