State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Delaware vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Delaware, $133,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-13.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Software Developers
- Median
- $133,020
- p25
- $113,600
- p75
- $164,640
- p10
- $96,620
- p90
- $174,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.