State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In New York, $163,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.6% — not 2.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+4.6%
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 York
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $163,470
- p25
- $130,610
- p75
- $205,580
- p10
- $101,530
- p90
- $224,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.