State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Colorado
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Colorado, $156,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $156,080
- p25
- $126,520
- p75
- $186,260
- p10
- $100,050
- p90
- $222,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.