State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Tennessee, $130,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $130,830
- p25
- $110,000
- p75
- $163,960
- p10
- $96,300
- p90
- $167,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.