State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Mississippi, $95,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.8%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Software Developers
- Median
- $95,330
- p25
- $70,030
- p75
- $127,570
- p10
- $44,700
- p90
- $158,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.