State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Oklahoma, $95,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.6% — not 93.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+93.7%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+53.6%
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%
Oklahoma
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $95,600
- p25
- $82,020
- p75
- $130,790
- p10
- $77,150
- p90
- $171,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.