State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In South Carolina, $129,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Software Developers
- Median
- $129,450
- p25
- $95,750
- p75
- $167,750
- p10
- $76,010
- p90
- $212,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.