The annual salary statistics of computer hardware engineers in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage data of computer hardware engineers in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $71,610 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $92,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $111,160 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $142,600 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $163,130 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer hardware engineers in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $163,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $111,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $71,610.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of computer hardware engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $111,160 | 6.71% | 7.04% |
| 2021 | $103,700 | -6.08% | - |
| 2020 | $110,000 | -1.25% | - |
| 2019 | $111,370 | 0.75% | - |
| 2018 | $110,530 | -0.92% | - |
| 2017 | $111,550 | 1.60% | - |
| 2016 | $109,770 | -1.83% | - |
| 2015 | $111,780 | 3.88% | - |
| 2014 | $107,440 | 1.01% | - |
| 2013 | $106,360 | 2.85% | - |
| 2012 | $103,330 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $111,160 in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is in the middle of salary range for computer hardware engineers in state of Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of computer hardware engineers in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is 18.5 percent (18.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Lynchburg and 57.1 percent (57.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Lynchburg | |
| Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | |
| Charlottesville | |
| Richmond | |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford |