State comparison · 2025
Computer Hardware Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Computer Hardware Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $167,600. In Wisconsin, $83,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.2% — not 100.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+100.3%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+78.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Computer Hardware Engineers
- Median
- $83,670
- p25
- $77,700
- p75
- $103,640
- p10
- $68,330
- p90
- $172,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.