State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Kansas vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Kansas, $113,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 31.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.7%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Software Developers
- Median
- $113,420
- p25
- $86,460
- p75
- $136,510
- p10
- $71,690
- p90
- $165,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.