State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Texas vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Texas, $132,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.6%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Software Developers
- Median
- $132,150
- p25
- $103,350
- p75
- $162,530
- p10
- $82,600
- p90
- $183,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.