State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Minnesota vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Minnesota, $130,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Software Developers
- Median
- $130,050
- p25
- $101,670
- p75
- $156,750
- p10
- $79,900
- p90
- $169,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.