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Computer Hardware Engineers · SOC 17-2061

Computer Hardware Engineers Salary in the Charlotte Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area

Figures describe the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Charlotte city limits.

Median annual wage$108,480
Median hourly wage$52.16

Computer Hardware Engineers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area earned a median of $108,480 per year ($52.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $75,960 at the 10th percentile to $204,130 at the 90th. BLS estimates 240 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Computer Hardware Engineers in the Charlotte metro area earn more than $108,480 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,020 and $139,690.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$75,960$76,020$108,480$139,690$204,130
Hourly$36.52$36.55$52.16$67.16$98.14

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Charlotte metro areathis metro area
    $108,480
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $134,670
  • United Statesnational
    $161,740

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −19% vs North Carolina overall and −33% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$81,830$124,507$167,183$209,860San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $81,830Madison, WI — $82,200Baton Rouge, LA — $83,550Tulsa, OK — $91,290Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $93,590Oklahoma City, OK — $96,080Aguadilla, PR — $98,520Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $99,010Logan, UT-ID — $99,570Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $99,720Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $100,220Springfield, MO — $102,360Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $102,880Wichita, KS — $105,680Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $106,370New Haven, CT — $108,060Kansas City, MO-KS — $108,360Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $108,480Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $109,120St. Louis, MO-IL — $112,490Charlottesville, VA — $113,510Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $115,220Ann Arbor, MI — $117,040Las Cruces, NM — $117,150Akron, OH — $118,130Cleveland, OH — $119,450Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $119,670Rochester, NY — $120,550Columbus, OH — $120,950Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $121,030Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $121,160Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $122,840Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $122,860Lexington-Fayette, KY — $123,370Greensboro-High Point, NC — $123,950Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $124,510Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $125,060Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $125,680Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $126,180Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $126,460San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $126,510Lexington Park, MD — $127,620Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $127,730Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $128,060Tucson, AZ — $129,340Columbia, SC — $129,830Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $129,990Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $130,050Raleigh-Cary, NC — $130,540Boise City, ID — $131,570Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $131,710Richmond, VA — $132,270Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $132,660Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $133,430Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $133,860Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $134,060Montgomery, AL — $134,190Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $134,300Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $135,220Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $136,300Omaha, NE-IA — $136,600Colorado Springs, CO — $136,920Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $137,450Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $137,740Bend, OR — $140,390Syracuse, NY — $141,180Huntsville, AL — $142,670Worcester, MA — $142,780Urban Honolulu, HI — $143,020Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $144,660Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $148,440Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $150,530Utica-Rome, NY — $151,330Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $156,750Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $158,530Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $159,480New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $160,300Cedar Rapids, IA — $161,160Boulder, CO — $161,720Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $162,870Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $165,530Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $167,010Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $167,600Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $168,990Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $169,120Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $169,370Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $172,210Manchester-Nashua, NH — $174,140San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $174,440Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $175,110Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $202,390San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $203,890San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $209,860

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Charlotte metro area has the 76th-highest published median for this occupation among the 93 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer hardware engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Charlotte metro areathis page
    $108,480
  • Durham metro area
    $175,110
  • Raleigh metro area
    $130,540
  • Greensboro metro area
    $123,950

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$102,370Industrial Engineers$102,090Mechanical Engineers$101,950Electrical Engineers$103,360Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$98,620Surveying and Mapping Technicians$58,480

Highest-paying metro areas for computer hardware engineerss · Highest-paying occupations in Charlotte Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.