State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In New Jersey, $142,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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%
New Jersey
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $142,880
- p25
- $104,420
- p75
- $188,340
- p10
- $87,540
- p90
- $210,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.