17 Series · SOC 17-2061

Computer Hardware Engineers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$155,020

per year

Median Hourly

$74.53/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$156,770

average

Employment

75,710

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$85,430$115,500$155,020$185,380$223,820
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$41.07$55.53$74.53$89.12$107.61
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$85,430

25th Percentile

$115,500

Median

$155,020

75th Percentile

$185,380

90th Percentile

$223,820

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Connecticut $188,540 +22% above national
2 California $179,880 +16% above national
3 Washington $174,070 +12% above national
4 Massachusetts $170,570 +10% above national
5 Arizona $163,090 +5% above national
6 Colorado $162,920 +5% above national
7 Hawaii $155,390 same as national
8 District of Columbia $153,630 1% below national
9 New Hampshire $152,840 1% below national
10 New York $141,780 9% below national
11 Montana $141,680 9% below national
12 Virginia $139,570 10% below national
13 Maryland $137,930 11% below national
14 Alabama $136,660 12% below national
15 Alaska $136,080 12% below national
16 Texas $133,250 14% below national
17 Delaware $132,050 15% below national
18 Pennsylvania $131,660 15% below national
19 North Carolina $131,600 15% below national
20 New Jersey $131,540 15% below national
21 Minnesota $130,530 16% below national
22 Idaho $127,880 18% below national
23 Nebraska $125,920 19% below national
24 Florida $125,640 19% below national
25 Ohio $124,800 19% below national
26 Arkansas $122,860 21% below national
27 Rhode Island $119,540 23% below national
28 South Carolina $119,010 23% below national
29 Michigan $113,620 27% below national
30 Oklahoma $113,030 27% below national
31 Iowa $111,080 28% below national
32 Georgia $108,590 30% below national
33 Illinois $107,720 31% below national
34 Utah $104,080 33% below national
35 Nevada $102,640 34% below national
36 Kansas $101,650 34% below national
37 Missouri $101,120 35% below national
38 Tennessee $100,430 35% below national
39 Wisconsin $98,040 37% below national
40 Indiana $95,120 39% below national
41 Louisiana $93,570 40% below national
42 Puerto Rico $90,550 42% below national
43 Kentucky $88,750 43% below national
44 Mississippi $76,120 51% below national
45 North Dakota $73,390 53% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $197,090 +27% above national
2 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $188,540 +22% above national
3 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $184,560 +19% above national
4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $174,070 +12% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $172,920 +12% above national
6 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $170,570 +10% above national
7 Manchester-Nashua, NH $170,360 +10% above national
8 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $169,230 +9% above national
9 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $165,020 +6% above national
10 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $164,970 +6% above national
11 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $164,640 +6% above national
12 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $164,620 +6% above national
13 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $163,220 +5% above national
14 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $162,960 +5% above national
15 Winston-Salem, NC $159,310 +3% above national
16 Worcester, MA $154,210 1% below national
17 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $153,340 1% below national
18 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $153,340 1% below national
19 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $152,260 2% below national
20 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $150,630 3% below national
21 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $146,450 6% below national
22 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $144,080 7% below national
23 Binghamton, NY $143,420 7% below national
24 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $142,890 8% below national
25 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $142,560 8% below national
26 Boulder, CO $142,200 8% below national
27 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $140,890 9% below national
28 Urban Honolulu, HI $140,150 10% below national
29 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $139,400 10% below national
30 Huntsville, AL $139,270 10% below national
31 Columbus, OH $138,270 11% below national
32 Colorado Springs, CO $137,270 11% below national
33 Syracuse, NY $137,170 12% below national
34 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $136,330 12% below national
35 Anchorage, AK $136,080 12% below national
36 Charlottesville, VA $134,440 13% below national
37 Utica-Rome, NY $134,170 13% below national
38 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $133,350 14% below national
39 Oklahoma City, OK $131,470 15% below national
40 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $131,440 15% below national
41 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $130,810 16% below national
42 Omaha, NE-IA $130,650 16% below national
43 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $130,530 16% below national
44 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $130,450 16% below national
45 Greensboro-High Point, NC $129,530 16% below national
46 Raleigh-Cary, NC $129,200 17% below national
47 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $128,110 17% below national
48 Boise City, ID $127,880 18% below national
49 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $127,700 18% below national
50 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $126,240 19% below national
51 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $126,010 19% below national
52 Richmond, VA $125,350 19% below national
53 Lynchburg, VA $124,220 20% below national
54 Tucson, AZ $123,900 20% below national
55 Cleveland, OH $123,540 20% below national
56 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $122,870 21% below national
57 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $122,870 21% below national
58 Lexington Park, MD $122,770 21% below national
59 Pittsburgh, PA $122,580 21% below national
60 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $122,060 21% below national
61 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $121,680 22% below national
62 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $120,810 22% below national
63 Las Cruces, NM $119,000 23% below national
64 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $118,080 24% below national
65 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $117,790 24% below national
66 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $117,290 24% below national
67 St. Louis, MO-IL $116,880 25% below national
68 Akron, OH $114,770 26% below national
69 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $114,550 26% below national
70 Ann Arbor, MI $112,250 28% below national
71 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $111,130 28% below national
72 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $109,900 29% below national
73 Rochester, NY $107,970 30% below national
74 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $107,720 31% below national
75 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $105,880 32% below national
76 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $105,510 32% below national
77 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $105,270 32% below national
78 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $105,250 32% below national
79 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $105,020 32% below national
80 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $103,470 33% below national
81 Aguadilla, PR $103,400 33% below national
82 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $102,340 34% below national
83 Columbia, SC $101,780 34% below national
84 Kansas City, MO-KS $101,660 34% below national
85 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $100,720 35% below national
86 Madison, WI $100,690 35% below national
87 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $99,990 35% below national
88 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $99,320 36% below national
89 Jacksonville, FL $98,970 36% below national
90 Lexington-Fayette, KY $97,670 37% below national
91 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $95,260 39% below national
92 Tallahassee, FL $95,200 39% below national
93 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $88,750 43% below national
94 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $82,060 47% below national
95 Knoxville, TN $71,690 54% below national
96 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $59,660 62% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.