State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Arizona, $129,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Software Developers
- Median
- $129,690
- p25
- $102,310
- p75
- $159,680
- p10
- $81,740
- p90
- $178,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
Washington
Software Developers
- Median
- $166,540
- p25
- $132,290
- p75
- $211,860
- p10
- $96,810
- p90
- $255,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- 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.