State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Alabama vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Alabama, $122,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.3%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,540
- p25
- $86,990
- p75
- $154,290
- p10
- $71,590
- p90
- $175,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
New York
Software Developers
- Median
- $166,180
- p25
- $127,160
- p75
- $205,540
- p10
- $97,430
- p90
- $224,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.