State comparison · 2025
Computer Programmers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Computer Programmers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,390. In New York, $103,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $128,390
- p25
- $101,290
- p75
- $141,660
- p10
- $77,060
- p90
- $168,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
New York
Computer Programmers
- Median
- $103,980
- p25
- $82,040
- p75
- $134,990
- p10
- $65,970
- p90
- $172,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.