State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In Wisconsin, $122,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.8%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,660
- p25
- $97,740
- p75
- $138,590
- p10
- $77,710
- p90
- $168,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.