State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Georgia vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Georgia, $131,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Georgia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Software Developers
- Median
- $131,010
- p25
- $103,410
- p75
- $162,240
- p10
- $80,110
- p90
- $176,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.