State comparison · 2025
Computer Occupations, All Other salary: Colorado vs South Dakota
Computer Occupations, All Other in Colorado earn a median of $139,580. In South Dakota, $105,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.5%
Colorado vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
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%
South Dakota
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $105,370
- p25
- $86,940
- p75
- $126,650
- p10
- $76,900
- p90
- $149,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.