State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Nevada vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Nevada, $116,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.1%
Nevada vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $116,530
- p25
- $91,150
- p75
- $126,790
- p10
- $83,310
- p90
- $155,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.