State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Idaho
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Idaho, $131,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.7%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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%
Idaho
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $131,570
- p25
- $100,770
- p75
- $169,540
- p10
- $85,230
- p90
- $212,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.