State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Hawaii, $159,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $159,880
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $165,240
- p10
- $94,270
- p90
- $202,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.