State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Maine vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Maine, $123,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Software Developers
- Median
- $123,120
- p25
- $99,200
- p75
- $163,150
- p10
- $82,930
- p90
- $179,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.