State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Ohio, $85,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.1% — not 50.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.6%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+32.1%
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%
Ohio
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $85,270
- p25
- $67,830
- p75
- $107,100
- p10
- $51,030
- p90
- $134,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- 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.