State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Maine vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Maine, $123,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Software Developers
- Median
- $123,120
- p25
- $99,200
- p75
- $163,150
- p10
- $82,930
- p90
- $179,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.