State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Colorado vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Colorado, $138,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Software Developers
- Median
- $138,390
- p25
- $122,470
- p75
- $173,000
- p10
- $96,480
- p90
- $213,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.