Highest-paying Cities for Computer Hardware Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for computer hardware engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of computer hardware engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $168,240, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is the highest paying city for computer hardware engineers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $167,930). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of computer hardware engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Computer Hardware Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$168,240	$105,890	4,480
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$167,930	$118,720	10,130
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$164,940	$101,050	4,260
4	New Haven, Connecticut	$161,270	$85,440	150
5	Worcester, Massachusetts	$156,150	$86,010	50
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$142,940	$91,510	2,200
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$139,200	$89,210	1,520
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$138,730	$83,310	2,980
9	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$137,410	$84,160	100
10	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$137,340	$90,590	70
11	Boulder, Colorado	$136,740	$94,190	830
12	Lynchburg, Virginia	$136,350	$80,900	130
13	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$135,700	$66,910	490
14	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$135,100	$81,310	30
15	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$134,330	$80,800	530
16	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$133,330	$108,100	220
17	Binghamton, New York	$132,800	$92,350	70
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$132,460	$47,360	1,380
19	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$132,310	$83,570	600
20	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$132,150	$92,980	2,480
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$131,950	$100,030	8,200
22	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$131,510	$91,140	90
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$131,400	$80,410	1,950
24	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$131,280	$96,450	1,160
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$131,210	$78,500	220
26	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$131,110	$77,660	850
27	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$130,620	$101,470	290
28	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$130,230	$80,080	80
29	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$129,250	$67,120	50
30	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$129,140	$81,390	1,770
31	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$129,130	$69,850	220
32	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$128,800	$77,990	220
33	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$128,680	$74,740	1,080
34	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$127,920	$83,400	270
35	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$127,870	$78,790	1,110
36	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$127,690	$78,230	450
37	Huntsville, Alabama	$127,150	$82,260	640
38	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$126,920	$71,500	340
39	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$126,420	$75,790	490
40	Utica-Rome, New York	$125,770	$79,250	60
41	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$125,680	$72,390	580
42	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$125,520	$68,520	1,080
43	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$125,490	$85,120	1,840
44	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$124,620	$96,040	30
45	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$124,430	$58,040	120
46	Fargo, North Dakota	$124,340	$80,910	90
47	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$124,240	$67,980	570
48	Syracuse, New York	$123,810	$72,030	110
49	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$123,390	$91,540	50
50	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$122,970	$83,530	450
51	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$122,750	$78,120	880
52	Montgomery, Alabama	$122,680	$80,710	30
53	Corvallis, Oregon	$121,460	$94,640	240
54	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$121,210	$79,570	2,510
55	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$120,760	$39,560	1,500
56	Camden, New Jersey	$120,670	$79,890	90
57	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$120,630	$69,970	50
58	Anchorage, Alaska	$119,340	$74,740	30
59	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$119,240	$73,830	730
60	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$118,930	$62,280	60
61	Nashua, New Hampshire	$118,770	$74,500	130
62	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$118,290	$91,970	n/a
63	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$118,170	$35,980	1,290
64	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$118,140	$80,460	410
65	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$117,750	$71,140	200
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$117,370	$55,480	3,050
67	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$117,130	$57,030	130
68	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$116,640	$75,030	50
69	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$116,620	$45,490	340
70	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$116,150	$64,720	70
71	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$114,950	$67,180	40
72	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$114,730	$67,740	4,570
73	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$114,480	$69,910	240
74	St Marys County, Maryland	$114,470	$77,710	260
75	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$114,290	$72,580	810
76	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$113,810	$69,560	70
77	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$113,450	$75,800	1,450
78	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$113,420	$76,790	210
79	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$113,050	$72,900	170
80	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$112,250	$70,890	70
81	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$111,960	$84,650	50
82	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$111,910	$69,080	100
83	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$111,770	$78,580	40
84	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$111,550	$71,490	n/a
85	Provo-Orem, Utah	$111,260	$47,990	100
86	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$111,160	$71,610	310
87	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$110,970	$77,960	50
88	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$110,790	$67,280	30
89	Mobile, Alabama	$110,630	$80,950	40
90	Framingham, Massachusetts	$110,230	$66,270	660
91	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$110,090	$50,680	70
92	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$109,690	$46,450	810
93	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$108,950	$74,030	1,050
94	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$108,640	$79,750	100
95	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$108,230	$77,130	n/a
96	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$108,130	$51,180	200
97	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$107,760	$77,870	390
98	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$107,730	$69,970	660
99	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$107,210	$82,510	310
100	Charlottesville, Virginia	$107,140	$73,840	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for computer hardware engineers.