State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In Virginia, $121,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.6%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+0.9%
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%
Virginia
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $121,610
- p25
- $87,520
- p75
- $160,530
- p10
- $67,010
- p90
- $182,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.