State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Michigan vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Michigan, $125,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Software Developers
- Median
- $125,570
- p25
- $97,300
- p75
- $140,100
- p10
- $78,930
- p90
- $166,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.