State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Nebraska, $95,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+14.9%
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%
Nebraska
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $95,150
- p25
- $66,180
- p75
- $124,690
- p10
- $61,680
- p90
- $154,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.