State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs South Carolina
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In South Carolina, $99,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
Connecticut vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+21.3%
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%
South Carolina
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $99,740
- p25
- $76,940
- p75
- $120,730
- p10
- $63,130
- p90
- $135,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.