State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In Illinois, $72,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.1% — not 84.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+84.5%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+78.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $133,820
- p25
- $97,630
- p75
- $141,920
- p10
- $82,110
- p90
- $141,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
Illinois
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $72,540
- p25
- $50,640
- p75
- $110,980
- p10
- $50,640
- p90
- $142,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.