State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Ohio, $118,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 41.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.8%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+24.4%
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%
Ohio
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $118,160
- p25
- $92,610
- p75
- $151,690
- p10
- $75,240
- p90
- $196,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.