State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers in Washington earn a median of $169,120. In Massachusetts, $167,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.9%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
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%
Washington
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $169,120
- p25
- $132,070
- p75
- $210,230
- p10
- $100,120
- p90
- $260,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.