State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Louisiana, $83,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 50.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.1%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-40.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $83,550
- p25
- $76,990
- p75
- $102,390
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $150,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.