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Computer Programmers pay in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ and Boulder, CO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Programmers is $93,510 per year in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. It is $155,030 per year in Boulder, CO. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 39.7% below Boulder, CO on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1251 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ and Not published in Boulder, CO. 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