2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Computer Occupations, All Other

Bellingham, WA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 140.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 15-1299
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$120,540 · 50th
$67,44010th
$87,65025th
$120,54050th
$132,92075th
$156,21090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Bellingham earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$120,540 in Bellingham buys what $116,700 buys across the country as a whole.

Bellingham's regional price parity is 103.3 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Washington

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Bellingham
Seattle$136,120$122,500111.1+5.0%
Bellingham This page$120,540$116,700103.3
Bremerton$119,520$113,200105.6−3.0%
Mount Vernon$107,310$104,800102.4−10.2%
Walla Walla$104,590$106,20098.5−9.0%
Olympia$100,620$97,100103.7−16.8%
Wenatchee$94,410$90,900103.9−22.1%
Spokane$92,490$92,200100.3−21.0%

Price parity and difference against Bellingham are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 60.2% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 34.9% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
140 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 15-1299, Computer Occupations, All Other. Mapped to our taxonomy as computer-occupations-all-other.

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