State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In North Carolina, $81,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.2% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.4%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41.2%
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%
North Carolina
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $81,070
- p25
- $44,030
- p75
- $105,370
- p10
- $26,170
- p90
- $134,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.