State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Wyoming
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Wyoming, $115,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.4%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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%
Wyoming
Software Developers
- Median
- $115,170
- p25
- $100,560
- p75
- $153,090
- p10
- $72,950
- p90
- $156,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.