State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Tennessee, $130,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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%
Tennessee
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $130,830
- p25
- $110,000
- p75
- $163,960
- p10
- $96,300
- p90
- $167,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.