State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Rhode Island, $119,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.2% — not 54.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.9%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+43.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $119,510
- p25
- $96,750
- p75
- $144,910
- p10
- $80,620
- p90
- $158,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.