State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Arizona vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Arizona, $129,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Software Developers
- Median
- $129,690
- p25
- $102,310
- p75
- $159,680
- p10
- $81,740
- p90
- $178,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.