State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Software Developers in Illinois earn a median of $132,110. In Indiana, $105,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Indiana
Software Developers
- Median
- $105,920
- p25
- $83,650
- p75
- $135,630
- p10
- $74,850
- p90
- $164,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.