State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Iowa vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Iowa, $114,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.9%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Software Developers
- Median
- $114,890
- p25
- $95,600
- p75
- $137,090
- p10
- $74,390
- p90
- $165,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.