State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Alabama vs California
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Alabama, $122,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.7%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-12.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,540
- p25
- $86,990
- p75
- $154,290
- p10
- $71,590
- p90
- $175,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
California
Software Developers
- Median
- $174,410
- p25
- $136,990
- p75
- $216,670
- p10
- $105,060
- p90
- $272,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.