State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Utah
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Utah, $104,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.4%
Massachusetts vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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%
Utah
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $104,890
- p25
- $82,390
- p75
- $127,180
- p10
- $62,930
- p90
- $134,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.