State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Missouri vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Missouri, $126,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Software Developers
- Median
- $126,120
- p25
- $97,540
- p75
- $155,010
- p10
- $72,570
- p90
- $169,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.