Software Developers
Bloomington, IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,570.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of software developers in Bloomington earn more.
$123,320 in Bloomington buys what $131,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Bloomington's regional price parity is 93.5 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Illinois
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Bloomington |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | $134,380 | $129,700 | 103.6 | −1.6% |
| Peoria | $130,590 | $143,100 | 91.2 | +8.6% |
| Bloomington This page | $123,320 | $131,800 | 93.5 | — |
| Kankakee | $116,550 | $120,900 | 96.4 | −8.3% |
| Decatur | $110,300 | $124,700 | 88.4 | −5.4% |
| Rockford | $107,640 | $116,800 | 92.2 | −11.4% |
| Champaign | $106,080 | $114,400 | 92.7 | −13.2% |
| Springfield | $104,550 | $112,700 | 92.7 | −14.5% |
Price parity and difference against Bloomington are in the full table on wider screens.
Who pays what
Median offered salary from visa filings, which disclose employer, title and exact figure. Government wage surveys never publish at this level.
| Employer | Median offer | Range | Filings | vs. metro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivian And VW Group Technology | $160,000 | $145k – $209k | 5 | +29.7% |
| Rivian Automotive | $135,580 | $106k – $160k | 9 | +9.9% |
| CC Services | $123,702 | $84k – $145k | 9 | +0.3% |
| Tata Technologies | $117,603 | $83k – $121k | 6 | −4.6% |
| Mankind America | $100,402 | $83k – $100k | 12 | −18.6% |
Offer ranges and filing counts are in the full table on wider screens.
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.
- Employer pay
- Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. The table draws on 41 certified filings across 5 employers.
- Employment
- 1,570 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 15-1252, Software Developers. Mapped to our taxonomy as software-developers.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. Visa filings record offered base salary at time of application, exclude equity and bonus, and skew toward larger employers — treat the employer table as a floor, not an average. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.