State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Maryland
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Maryland, $152,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.2%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
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%
Maryland
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $152,730
- p25
- $115,860
- p75
- $184,880
- p10
- $87,840
- p90
- $198,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.