State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Vermont vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Vermont, $125,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.8%
Vermont vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Vermont
Software Developers
- Median
- $125,280
- p25
- $102,820
- p75
- $166,610
- p10
- $82,480
- p90
- $209,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.