State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs Mississippi
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In Mississippi, $85,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32% — not 57.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.2%
Connecticut vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+32%
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%
Mississippi
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $85,120
- p25
- $61,260
- p75
- $85,120
- p10
- $46,500
- p90
- $88,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.