State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Connecticut vs Virginia
Computer Programmers in Connecticut earn a median of $133,820. In Virginia, $121,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
+10%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
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%
Virginia
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $121,610
- p25
- $87,520
- p75
- $160,530
- p10
- $67,010
- p90
- $182,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.