State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Maryland, $152,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $152,730
- p25
- $115,860
- p75
- $184,880
- p10
- $87,840
- p90
- $198,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.