State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In New Mexico, $165,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 1.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.4%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
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 Mexico
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $165,350
- p25
- $133,780
- p75
- $197,670
- p10
- $117,150
- p90
- $204,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.