State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Pennsylvania, $126,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Software Developers
- Median
- $126,550
- p25
- $98,590
- p75
- $158,390
- p10
- $77,750
- p90
- $178,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.