State comparison · 2024
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Alaska, $136,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $136,080
- p25
- $106,720
- p75
- $141,000
- p10
- $94,090
- p90
- $176,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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 2024. 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.