State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Mississippi vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Mississippi, $95,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.6%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-28.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Software Developers
- Median
- $95,330
- p25
- $70,030
- p75
- $127,570
- p10
- $44,700
- p90
- $158,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.