State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Illinois, $133,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $133,220
- p25
- $97,930
- p75
- $165,360
- p10
- $77,420
- p90
- $210,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.