State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
Software Developers in Massachusetts earn a median of $165,210. In New Hampshire, $139,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Software Developers
- Median
- $165,210
- p25
- $131,370
- p75
- $190,280
- p10
- $102,810
- p90
- $213,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
New Hampshire
Software Developers
- Median
- $139,720
- p25
- $107,240
- p75
- $167,880
- p10
- $92,510
- p90
- $205,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.