State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs North Carolina
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In North Carolina, $81,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.2% — not 65.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.1%
Connecticut vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+50.2%
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%
North Carolina
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $81,070
- p25
- $44,030
- p75
- $105,370
- p10
- $26,170
- p90
- $134,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.