State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Nebraska
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Nebraska, $110,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 57.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.3%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+28%
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%
Nebraska
Software Developers
- Median
- $110,900
- p25
- $91,000
- p75
- $135,600
- p10
- $77,520
- p90
- $158,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.