State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Minnesota, $134,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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%
Minnesota
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $134,300
- p25
- $106,870
- p75
- $158,450
- p10
- $84,770
- p90
- $176,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.