State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Kentucky, $109,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Software Developers
- Median
- $109,010
- p25
- $91,960
- p75
- $136,090
- p10
- $76,310
- p90
- $168,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.