State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Illinois vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Illinois, $132,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Software Developers
- Median
- $132,110
- p25
- $101,540
- p75
- $166,420
- p10
- $80,980
- p90
- $194,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.