State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Delaware, $135,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $135,690
- p25
- $113,240
- p75
- $170,160
- p10
- $96,140
- p90
- $200,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.