How much do Computer Hardware Engineers make in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Computer Hardware Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $123,650 and the 90th percentile is $288,440. The difference is $164,790, which is 95.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $170,080 to the 75th at $208,230, covers $38,150.

The mean annual wage is $188,740, which sits above the median of $172,210. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ median is 6.5% higher than the national median of $161,740 for Computer Hardware Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $172,265, which is 6.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 99.968, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $172,210 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Hardware Engineers at $172,265 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer Hardware Engineers. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ranks 2nd of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 83 miles away, with a median of $160,300 and employment of 1,780. That median is 6.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $142,409, against $172,265 here.
• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 109 miles away, with a median of $202,390 and employment of 120. That median is 17.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $189,390, against $172,265 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 119 miles away, with a median of $156,750 and employment of 740. That median is 9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $150,019, against $172,265 here.

Employment share

Computer Hardware Engineers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (190 of 377,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (76,660 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.02 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.