State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In New Jersey, $104,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+25.8%
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%
New Jersey
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $104,940
- p25
- $88,690
- p75
- $147,790
- p10
- $65,000
- p90
- $172,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.