State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In West Virginia, $121,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.6%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Software Developers
- Median
- $121,000
- p25
- $82,700
- p75
- $142,610
- p10
- $60,480
- p90
- $168,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.