State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In New Jersey, $104,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.5%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+33.9%
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%
New Jersey
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $104,940
- p25
- $88,690
- p75
- $147,790
- p10
- $65,000
- p90
- $172,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.