State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Kentucky, $94,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $94,850
- p25
- $80,310
- p75
- $125,380
- p10
- $61,990
- p90
- $140,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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%
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.