State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Arkansas, $120,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.2%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $120,290
- p25
- $78,830
- p75
- $158,700
- p10
- $70,870
- p90
- $166,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.