State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Kentucky, $109,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.5%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Software Developers
- Median
- $109,010
- p25
- $91,960
- p75
- $136,090
- p10
- $76,310
- p90
- $168,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.