State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Wisconsin, $122,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 42.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.2%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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%
Wisconsin
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,660
- p25
- $97,740
- p75
- $138,590
- p10
- $77,710
- p90
- $168,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.