State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Massachusetts, $165,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+0.9%
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%
Massachusetts
Software Developers
- Median
- $165,210
- p25
- $131,370
- p75
- $190,280
- p10
- $102,810
- p90
- $213,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.