State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Software Developers in Colorado earn a median of $138,390. In Texas, $132,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.7%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Software Developers
- Median
- $138,390
- p25
- $122,470
- p75
- $173,000
- p10
- $96,480
- p90
- $213,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Texas
Software Developers
- Median
- $132,150
- p25
- $103,350
- p75
- $162,530
- p10
- $82,600
- p90
- $183,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.