State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Arizona, $158,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.6%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $158,280
- p25
- $106,870
- p75
- $168,610
- p10
- $100,900
- p90
- $218,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.