State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In Massachusetts, $128,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 4.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.2%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $133,820
- p25
- $97,630
- p75
- $141,920
- p10
- $82,110
- p90
- $141,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
Massachusetts
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $128,390
- p25
- $101,290
- p75
- $141,660
- p10
- $77,060
- p90
- $168,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.