State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Texas, $163,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 2.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.3%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
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%
Texas
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $163,860
- p25
- $126,560
- p75
- $203,100
- p10
- $92,940
- p90
- $216,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.