State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Florida vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Florida, $130,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Florida vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Software Developers
- Median
- $130,980
- p25
- $101,970
- p75
- $164,800
- p10
- $80,050
- p90
- $204,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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)
- -33%
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.