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Computer Programmers pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and Boulder, CO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Programmers is $106,420 per year in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. It is $155,030 per year in Boulder, CO. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 31.4% 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 780 wage and salary jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 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