State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Kentucky, $116,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $116,200
- p25
- $97,280
- p75
- $126,180
- p10
- $71,400
- p90
- $128,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.