State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Florida vs Illinois
Software Developers in Illinois earn a median of $132,110. In Florida, $130,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.9%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-4.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Software Developers
- Median
- $130,980
- p25
- $101,970
- p75
- $164,800
- p10
- $80,050
- p90
- $204,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Illinois
Software Developers
- Median
- $132,110
- p25
- $101,540
- p75
- $166,420
- p10
- $80,980
- p90
- $194,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.