State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Rhode Island, $130,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.6%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Software Developers
- Median
- $130,590
- p25
- $101,640
- p75
- $154,040
- p10
- $83,540
- p90
- $168,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.