State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: California vs Tennessee
Computer Hardware Engineers in California earn a median of $185,180. In Tennessee, $130,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.5%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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%
Tennessee
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $130,830
- p25
- $110,000
- p75
- $163,960
- p10
- $96,300
- p90
- $167,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.