State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Arkansas vs California
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Arkansas, $104,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.1%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Software Developers
- Median
- $104,490
- p25
- $81,480
- p75
- $127,740
- p10
- $60,570
- p90
- $162,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.