State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Minnesota, $107,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.7%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Minnesota
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $107,250
- p25
- $79,230
- p75
- $125,300
- p10
- $52,740
- p90
- $125,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.