State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In South Carolina, $125,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
South Carolina
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $125,110
- p25
- $102,540
- p75
- $139,930
- p10
- $74,990
- p90
- $171,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.