State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In North Carolina, $134,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.9%
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%
North Carolina
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $134,670
- p25
- $95,360
- p75
- $178,360
- p10
- $74,310
- p90
- $234,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +56%
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.