State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Iowa vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Iowa, $125,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $125,120
- p25
- $106,680
- p75
- $161,740
- p10
- $77,480
- p90
- $187,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $169,120
- p25
- $132,070
- p75
- $210,230
- p10
- $100,120
- p90
- $260,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.