State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Indiana
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Indiana, $98,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.7% — not 88.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+88.3%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+58.7%
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%
Indiana
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $98,350
- p25
- $92,250
- p75
- $116,850
- p10
- $73,780
- p90
- $136,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.