State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Tennessee, $122,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,430
- p25
- $90,750
- p75
- $138,890
- p10
- $75,280
- p90
- $166,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.