State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Nebraska, $134,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.2%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $134,950
- p25
- $124,840
- p75
- $157,620
- p10
- $96,910
- p90
- $173,350
- 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.