State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Indiana vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Indiana, $105,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.3%
Indiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Software Developers
- Median
- $105,920
- p25
- $83,650
- p75
- $135,630
- p10
- $74,850
- p90
- $164,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.