State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In North Dakota, $73,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 92.1% — not 128.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+128.4%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+92.1%
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 Dakota
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $73,390
- p25
- $42,500
- p75
- $100,020
- p10
- $42,030
- p90
- $138,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.