State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Indiana, $98,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 41.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.3%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-33.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $98,350
- p25
- $92,250
- p75
- $116,850
- p10
- $73,780
- p90
- $136,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.