State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Missouri, $126,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.3%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Software Developers
- Median
- $126,120
- p25
- $97,540
- p75
- $155,010
- p10
- $72,570
- p90
- $169,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.