State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Mississippi, $85,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.8%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+24%
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%
Mississippi
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $85,120
- p25
- $61,260
- p75
- $85,120
- p10
- $46,500
- p90
- $88,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.