State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Virginia, $139,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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%
Virginia
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $139,030
- p25
- $105,820
- p75
- $175,140
- p10
- $87,630
- p90
- $195,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.