State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Mississippi, $78,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 76% — not 114%.
Nominal pay gap
+114%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+76%
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%
Mississippi
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $78,320
- p25
- $75,210
- p75
- $107,950
- p10
- $68,770
- p90
- $140,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.