State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Pennsylvania, $126,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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%
Pennsylvania
Software Developers
- Median
- $126,550
- p25
- $98,590
- p75
- $158,390
- p10
- $77,750
- p90
- $178,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.