State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Oregon vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Oregon, $142,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.3%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Software Developers
- Median
- $142,720
- p25
- $111,750
- p75
- $170,600
- p10
- $83,070
- p90
- $213,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.