State comparison · 2025
Computer Occupations, All Other salary: Colorado vs Iowa
Computer Occupations, All Other in Colorado earn a median of $139,580. In Iowa, $107,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Colorado vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $139,580
- p25
- $100,150
- p75
- $160,520
- p10
- $76,140
- p90
- $170,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Iowa
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $107,340
- p25
- $77,020
- p75
- $134,850
- p10
- $49,990
- p90
- $165,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.