State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Rhode Island, $119,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.2%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+35.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $119,510
- p25
- $96,750
- p75
- $144,910
- p10
- $80,620
- p90
- $158,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.