State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Nebraska, $110,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 33.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.4%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Software Developers
- Median
- $110,900
- p25
- $91,000
- p75
- $135,600
- p10
- $77,520
- p90
- $158,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.