State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Montana
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Montana, $141,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
Massachusetts vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+5.8%
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%
Montana
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $141,680
- p25
- $116,490
- p75
- $161,830
- p10
- $105,800
- p90
- $183,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.