State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Michigan, $119,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.1%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+27.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Michigan
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $119,670
- p25
- $99,700
- p75
- $164,110
- p10
- $78,240
- p90
- $176,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.