State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Missouri, $103,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 61.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.2%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+38.3%
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%
Missouri
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $103,980
- p25
- $79,190
- p75
- $130,490
- p10
- $61,290
- p90
- $150,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.