State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Alabama, $136,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-2.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $136,990
- p25
- $107,180
- p75
- $163,750
- p10
- $80,680
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $167,600
- p25
- $132,610
- p75
- $210,910
- p10
- $118,490
- p90
- $258,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +5%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.