State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Massachusetts, $165,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 0.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.6%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+1.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Software Developers
- Median
- $165,210
- p25
- $131,370
- p75
- $190,280
- p10
- $102,810
- p90
- $213,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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)
- -33%
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.