State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Idaho, $131,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $131,570
- p25
- $100,770
- p75
- $169,540
- p10
- $85,230
- p90
- $212,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.