State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Maine, $101,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $101,780
- p25
- $96,000
- p75
- $142,910
- p10
- $72,930
- p90
- $191,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.