State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Nevada, $93,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+29.6%
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%
Nevada
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $93,600
- p25
- $93,600
- p75
- $109,220
- p10
- $68,400
- p90
- $131,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.