State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Kansas
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Kansas, $113,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 53.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.8%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kansas
Software Developers
- Median
- $113,420
- p25
- $86,460
- p75
- $136,510
- p10
- $71,690
- p90
- $165,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.