State comparison · 2025
Computer Occupations, All Other salary: Colorado vs Kansas
Computer Occupations, All Other in Colorado earn a median of $139,580. In Kansas, $103,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Colorado vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+18%
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%
Kansas
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $103,380
- p25
- $79,500
- p75
- $129,770
- p10
- $49,090
- p90
- $143,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.