State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Georgia, $100,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $100,210
- p25
- $80,120
- p75
- $133,630
- p10
- $70,920
- p90
- $165,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.