State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs Kentucky
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In Kentucky, $94,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.1%
Connecticut vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+22.8%
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%
Kentucky
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $94,850
- p25
- $80,310
- p75
- $125,380
- p10
- $61,990
- p90
- $140,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.