State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Nevada, $116,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.9% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.8%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+35.9%
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%
Nevada
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $116,530
- p25
- $91,150
- p75
- $126,790
- p10
- $83,310
- p90
- $155,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.