State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Oklahoma, $95,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.5% — not 75.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+75.3%
Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+45.5%
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%
Oklahoma
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $95,600
- p25
- $82,020
- p75
- $130,790
- p10
- $77,150
- p90
- $171,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.