State comparison · 2025
Computer Occupations, All Other salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Computer Occupations, All Other in Maryland earn a median of $144,680. In Iowa, $107,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $107,340
- p25
- $77,020
- p75
- $134,850
- p10
- $49,990
- p90
- $165,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
Maryland
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $144,680
- p25
- $114,920
- p75
- $165,730
- p10
- $69,910
- p90
- $185,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.