State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In District of Columbia, $163,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 2.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.5%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $163,360
- p25
- $136,660
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $100,690
- p90
- $211,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.