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State comparison · 2025

Computer Programmers salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts

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Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Indiana, $97,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 24.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Indiana

Computer Programmers

Median
$97,000
p25
$79,340
p75
$116,010
p10
$67,360
p90
$135,880
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
93.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-41%
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Massachusetts

Computer Programmers

Median
$128,390
p25
$101,290
p75
$141,660
p10
$77,060
p90
$168,310
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-52%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.