A micromechanical component for a pressure sensor device, including a diaphragm, which separates a reference pressure from an external pressure, at least one first stator electrode, at least one second stator electrode, and a rocker-arm structure, which is tiltable about an axis of rotation and has at least one first actuator electrode and at least one second actuator electrode; the rocker-arm structure being joined to the diaphragm so that when the external pressure and the reference pressure are equal, the rocker-arm structure and its actuator electrodes are present in their starting positions; if the rocker-arm structure and its actuator electrodes are in their starting positions, a first capacitance between the at least one first actuator electrode and the at least one first stator electrode differing from a second capacitance between the at least one second actuator electrode and the at least one second stator electrode.