State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Rhode Island, $96,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+28.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $96,470
- p25
- $83,140
- p75
- $119,950
- p10
- $69,780
- p90
- $144,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.