State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Missouri
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Missouri, $103,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.1% — not 78.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+78.1%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+46.1%
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%
Missouri
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $103,980
- p25
- $79,190
- p75
- $130,490
- p10
- $61,290
- p90
- $150,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.