State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Montana vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Montana, $121,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Software Developers
- Median
- $121,990
- p25
- $94,800
- p75
- $169,180
- p10
- $73,370
- p90
- $221,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.