State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Kansas, $101,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.3%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-28.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $101,750
- p25
- $84,720
- p75
- $133,050
- p10
- $74,520
- p90
- $145,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.