State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Vermont
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Vermont, $89,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 43.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.4%
Massachusetts vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+32.8%
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%
Vermont
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $89,560
- p25
- $71,800
- p75
- $103,420
- p10
- $61,400
- p90
- $110,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.