State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Colorado, $156,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.9%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $156,080
- p25
- $126,520
- p75
- $186,260
- p10
- $100,050
- p90
- $222,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.