State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Kansas, $101,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 39.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.8%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $101,750
- p25
- $84,720
- p75
- $133,050
- p10
- $74,520
- p90
- $145,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.