State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Indiana, $105,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Washington
Software Developers
- Median
- $166,540
- p25
- $132,290
- p75
- $211,860
- p10
- $96,810
- p90
- $255,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.