State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Mississippi
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Mississippi, $78,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 85.8% — not 136.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+136.4%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+85.8%
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%
Mississippi
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $78,320
- p25
- $75,210
- p75
- $107,950
- p10
- $68,770
- p90
- $140,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.