State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Nebraska, $134,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
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%
Nebraska
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $134,950
- p25
- $124,840
- p75
- $157,620
- p10
- $96,910
- p90
- $173,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.