State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Louisiana vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Louisiana, $102,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.1%
Louisiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-24.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Software Developers
- Median
- $102,800
- p25
- $82,930
- p75
- $122,740
- p10
- $66,350
- p90
- $151,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.