State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Vermont
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Vermont, $125,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.2%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+23.2%
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%
Vermont
Software Developers
- Median
- $125,280
- p25
- $102,820
- p75
- $166,610
- p10
- $82,480
- p90
- $209,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.