State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Missouri, $90,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
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%
Missouri
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $90,420
- p25
- $69,080
- p75
- $106,970
- p10
- $54,760
- p90
- $126,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.