State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In South Carolina, $99,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
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%
South Carolina
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $99,740
- p25
- $76,940
- p75
- $120,730
- p10
- $63,130
- p90
- $135,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.