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Computer Occupations, All Other pay in Delaware and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Occupations, All Other is $137,470 per year in Delaware. It is $156,590 per year in District of Columbia. Delaware is 12.2% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1299 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 860 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 17,200 in District of Columbia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings